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On Feb 19, 1844, the House voted 103–69. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 103–6, Others 0–63. 6 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 103
No: 69
Did not vote: 62
Date: Feb 19, 1844

By party

Others0 yes · 63 no · 21 didn’t vote
Democrats103 yes · 6 no · 41 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Edwin Belser D-AL voted no
John Bennett Dawson D-LA voted no
Richard David Davis D-NY voted no
Samuel Beardsley D-NY voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
Walter Coles D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
William Winter Payne D-AL
George Smith Houston D-AL
Reuben Chapman D-AL
Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
Edward Cross D-AR
Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
John Stewart D-CT
George Smith Catlin D-CT
Samuel Simons D-CT
Howell Cobb D-GA
William Henry Stiles D-GA
Robert Smith D-IL
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
John Wentworth D-IL
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
Robert Dale Owen D-IN
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
Thomas Smith D-IN
William John Brown D-IN
John Wesley Davis D-IN
Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
Andrew Kennedy D-IN
Linn Boyd D-KY
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
James W. Stone D-KY
Richard French D-KY
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
John Slidell D-LA
Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
William Parmenter D-MA
Henry Williams D-MA
Joshua Herrick D-ME
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
Robert Mcclelland D-MI
James Bennett Hunt D-MI
Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
James Butler Bowlin D-MO
James Hugh Relfe D-MO
James Madison Hughes D-MO
Jacob Thompson D-MS
Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
David Settle Reid D-NC
Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
James Iver Mckay D-NC
Edmund Burke D-NH
John Randall Reding D-NH
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
William Brown Maclay D-NY
Jeremiah Russell D-NY
Zadock Pratt D-NY
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
Lemuel Stetson D-NY
Charles Swan Benton D-NY
Preston King D-NY
Orville Hungerford 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
Byram Green 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
James Mathews D-OH
William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
Ezra Dean D-OH
John T. Smith D-PA
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
John Ritter D-PA
Richard Brodhead D-PA
Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
Almon Heath Read D-PA
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
Samuel Hays D-PA
James Augustus Black D-SC
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
Armistead Burt D-SC
Andrew Johnson D-TN
Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
Alvan Cullom D-TN
George Washington Jones D-TN
Cave Johnson D-TN
Archibald Atkinson D-VA
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
William Lucas D-VA
William Taylor 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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