To order the previous question on the resolution to elect a printer of the house.

On Dec 7, 1843, the House voted 98–84. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 96–24, Others 2–60. 24 members voted against their own party.

During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.

Yes: 98
No: 84
Did not vote: 52
Date: Dec 7, 1843

By party

Others2 yes · 60 no · 22 didn’t vote
Democrats96 yes · 24 no · 30 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edward Cross D-AR voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
William Henry Stiles D-GA voted no
Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
Thomas Smith D-IN voted no
Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
James W. Stone D-KY voted no
Richard French D-KY voted no
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted no
Richard David Davis D-NY voted no
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
James Mathews D-OH voted no
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
James Augustus Black D-SC voted no
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
John Campbell D-SC voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
Alvan Cullom D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Henry Alexander Wise D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

William Winter Payne D-AL
George Smith Houston D-AL
Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
John Stewart D-CT
George Smith Catlin D-CT
Samuel Simons D-CT
Howell Cobb D-GA
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
Robert Smith D-IL
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
John Wentworth D-IL
Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
William John Brown D-IN
John Wesley Davis D-IN
John Pettit D-IN
Andrew Kennedy D-IN
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
John Slidell D-LA
John Bennett Dawson D-LA
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
William Parmenter D-MA
Henry Williams D-MA
Joshua Herrick D-ME
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
Robert Mcclelland D-MI
Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
James Butler Bowlin D-MO
James Madison Hughes D-MO
John Jameson D-MO
Jacob Thompson D-MS
David Settle Reid D-NC
Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
James Iver Mckay D-NC
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
Edmund Burke D-NH
John Parker Hale D-NH
John Randall Reding D-NH
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
George Sykes D-NJ
Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
William Brown Maclay D-NY
Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
James Graham Clinton D-NY
Jeremiah Russell D-NY
Zadock Pratt D-NY
Lemuel Stetson D-NY
Chesselden Ellis D-NY
Charles Swan Benton D-NY
Preston King D-NY
Orville Hungerford D-NY
Samuel Beardsley D-NY
Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
Orville Robinson D-NY
Horace Wheaton D-NY
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
Amasa Dana D-NY
William Spring Hubbell D-NY
Alexander Duncan D-OH
John B. Weller D-OH
Emery Davis Potter D-OH
Henry St. John D-OH
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
Heman Allen Moore D-OH
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
Joseph Morris D-OH
William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
Ezra Dean D-OH
Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
John Ritter D-PA
Richard Brodhead D-PA
Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
Henry Nes O-PA
James Black D-PA
William Wilkins D-PA
Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
Cave Johnson D-TN
Archibald Atkinson D-VA
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
William Lucas D-VA
William Taylor D-VA
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Lewis Steenrod D-VA
Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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