House roll call 201 · 28th Congress · Mar 25, 1844
To table a resolution providing that the committee of ways and means be authorized to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the President of the U.S. To ad
On Mar 25, 1844, the House voted 56–92. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–78, Others 45–14. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 56
- No
- 92
- Did not vote
- 86
- Date
- Mar 25, 1844
By party
- Others45 yes · 14 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 78 no · 61 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted yes
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted yes
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY voted yes
- Preston King D-NY voted yes
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY voted yes
- Byram Green D-NY voted yes
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY voted yes
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted yes
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted yes
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Luther Severance O-ME
- William Wright O-NJ
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- George William Summers O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Dellet O-AL
- 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
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- 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
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes 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
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- 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
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
Did not vote
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- John T. Smith D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- 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
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
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