House roll call 212 · 28th Congress · Mar 26, 1844
To permit MR. White to make an explanation as to the truth of his assertion, "that MR. Clay never used the languate imputed to him" in the amendment to the reso
On Mar 26, 1844, the House voted 91–57. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 27–57, Others 64–0. 27 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 91
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 86
- Date
- Mar 26, 1844
By party
- Others64 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 57 no · 66 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted yes
- William Winter Payne D-AL voted yes
- Edward Cross D-AR voted yes
- John Stewart D-CT voted yes
- Edward Junius Black D-GA voted yes
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted yes
- William John Brown D-IN voted yes
- Linn Boyd D-KY voted yes
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted yes
- Richard French D-KY voted yes
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted yes
- William Parmenter D-MA voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted yes
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted yes
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted yes
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted yes
- James Black D-PA voted yes
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
- John Campbell D-SC voted yes
- Armistead Burt D-SC voted yes
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted yes
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- William Lucas D-VA voted yes
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Dellet O-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-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
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Wethered O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- William Wright O-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-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
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter 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
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-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
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Dickey 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
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Did not vote
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- James W. Stone D-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- 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
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Henry St. John 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
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-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 Irvin O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- 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
- William Taylor D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
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