House roll call 194 · 28th Congress · Mar 22, 1844
To pass the second resolution from the select committee providing that any proposition to alter the rule in the constitution establishing the basis of represent
On Mar 22, 1844, the House voted 127–41. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 104–5, Others 23–36. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 127
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 66
- Date
- Mar 22, 1844
By party
- Others23 yes · 36 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats104 yes · 5 no · 41 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Catlin D-CT voted no
- William Parmenter D-MA voted no
- Henry Williams D-MA voted no
- George Sykes D-NJ voted no
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Dellet O-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin 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
- John J. Hardin O-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
- Willis Green O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick 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
- Richard David Davis 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
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- John White O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith 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
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Did not vote
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson 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
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
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