House roll call 133 · 28th Congress · Feb 27, 1844
To agree to the last clause of the proposed amendment to rule 96, which amendment provides to discharge the committee of the whole house on the state of the uni
On Feb 27, 1844, the House voted 93–78. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 85–26, Others 8–52. 26 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 93
- No
- 78
- Did not vote
- 63
- Date
- Feb 27, 1844
By party
- Others8 yes · 52 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats85 yes · 26 no · 39 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edwin Belser D-AL voted no
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- William Winter Payne D-AL voted no
- Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
- Edward Cross D-AR voted no
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT voted no
- Edward Junius Black D-GA voted no
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted no
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted no
- William Parmenter D-MA voted no
- Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC voted no
- John Randall Reding D-NH voted no
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted no
- James Black D-PA voted no
- John Campbell D-SC voted no
- Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted no
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- John Stewart D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- John White O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-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
- Henry Williams D-MA
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson 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
- 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
- Joseph Morris 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
- James Irvin O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- William Wright O-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- John Campbell D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Did not vote
- James Dellet O-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
Other votes
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