To suspend rules to permit j. Q. Adams to debate question of referring to a committee the resolution of the legislature of massachusetts proposing an amendment

On Dec 22, 1843, the House voted 122–46. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 66–46, Others 56–0. 46 members voted against their own party.

During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.

Yes: 122
No: 46
Did not vote: 66
Date: Dec 22, 1843

By party

Others56 yes · 0 no · 28 didn’t vote
Democrats66 yes · 46 no · 38 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL voted no
John Stewart D-CT voted no
Samuel Simons D-CT voted no
Edward Junius Black D-GA voted no
Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
William Henry Stiles D-GA voted no
Thomas Smith D-IN voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
John Slidell D-LA voted no
Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA voted no
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA voted no
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO voted no
James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted no
James Madison Hughes D-MO voted no
John Jameson D-MO voted no
David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
Edmund Burke D-NH voted no
John Randall Reding D-NH voted no
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ voted no
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
James Graham Clinton D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Byram Green D-NY voted no
Alexander Duncan D-OH voted no
Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted no
Heman Allen Moore D-OH voted no
James Mathews D-OH voted no
William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH voted no
Ezra Dean D-OH voted no
James Augustus Black D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
Julius W. Blackwell D-TN voted no
Alvan Cullom D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Cave Johnson D-TN voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
William Lucas D-VA voted no
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Lewis Steenrod D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
John Stewart D-CT
Samuel Simons 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
Thomas Smith D-IN
Linn Boyd D-KY
John Slidell D-LA
Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
James Butler Bowlin D-MO
James Madison Hughes D-MO
John Jameson D-MO
David Settle Reid D-NC
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
Edmund Burke D-NH
John Randall Reding D-NH
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
William Brown Maclay D-NY
James Graham Clinton D-NY
Preston King D-NY
Byram Green D-NY
Alexander Duncan D-OH
Emery Davis Potter D-OH
Heman Allen Moore D-OH
James Mathews D-OH
William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
Ezra Dean D-OH
James Augustus Black D-SC
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
Alvan Cullom D-TN
George Washington Jones D-TN
Cave Johnson D-TN
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

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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