House roll call 216 · 28th Congress · Mar 27, 1844
To suspend the rules in order to take up the concurrent resolution from the Senate, fixing upon the 27th the day of may next for the adjournment of Congress.
On Mar 27, 1844, the House voted 88–81. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–81, Others 63–0. 25 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 88
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Mar 27, 1844
By party
- Others63 yes · 0 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats25 yes · 81 no · 44 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Stewart D-CT voted yes
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Smith D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted yes
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted yes
- William Parmenter D-MA voted yes
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted yes
- Lucius Lyon D-MI voted yes
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted yes
- James Madison Hughes D-MO voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY voted yes
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY voted yes
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted yes
- Orville Hungerford D-NY voted yes
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY voted yes
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted yes
- Amasa Dana 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
- James Black D-PA voted yes
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis 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
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright O-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-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
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-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
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- 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
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-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
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- 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
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- 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
- John T. Smith D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
Did not vote
- James Dellet O-AL
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- John B. Weller 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
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Julius W. Blackwell D-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
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
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