House roll call 254 · 28th Congress · Apr 15, 1844
To amend H.R. 31 (6/17/1844), making appropriations for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1845 by appropriating for purchase of two ac
On Apr 15, 1844, the House voted 58–96 (HR 31). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 32–62, Others 26–34. 32 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 58
- No
- 96
- Did not vote
- 80
- Date
- Apr 15, 1844
By party
- Others26 yes · 34 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 62 no · 56 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL voted yes
- Edward Cross D-AR voted yes
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted yes
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted yes
- William John Brown D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted yes
- Linn Boyd D-KY voted yes
- Richard French D-KY voted yes
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted yes
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA voted yes
- William Parmenter D-MA voted yes
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted yes
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted yes
- James Madison Hughes D-MO voted yes
- John Parker Hale D-NH voted yes
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ voted yes
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ voted yes
- Alexander Duncan D-OH voted yes
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted yes
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- James Augustus Black D-SC voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- Cave Johnson D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- John White O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Dellet O-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright O-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour 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
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Willis Green O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- John Jameson D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-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
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Other votes
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