To eliminate all after enacting clause in the bill H.R. 126, and substitute an entirely new bill, so as to make H.R. 126 what it was in committee of whole with

On Apr 18, 1844, the House voted 68–110 (HR 126). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 58–47, Others 10–63. 47 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 68
No: 110
Did not vote: 56
Date: Apr 18, 1844

By party

Others10 yes · 63 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats58 yes · 47 no · 45 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Edwin Belser D-AL voted no
Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT voted no
Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
William Henry Stiles D-GA voted no
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted no
Henry Williams D-MA voted no
David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
James Iver Mckay 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
Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ voted no
Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ voted no
Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ voted no
Selah Brewster Strong D-NY voted no
Richard David Davis D-NY voted no
Jeremiah Russell D-NY voted no
Zadock Pratt D-NY voted no
Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Orville Hungerford D-NY voted no
Smith Meade Purdy D-NY voted no
Orville Robinson D-NY voted no
Amasa Dana D-NY voted no
Byram Green D-NY voted no
William Spring Hubbell D-NY voted no
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted no
James Black D-PA voted no
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
Alvan Cullom D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted no
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted no
Walter Coles D-VA voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
William Lucas D-VA voted no
William Taylor D-VA voted no
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

James Dellet O-AL
William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
Edward Cross D-AR
Edward Junius Black D-GA
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
John Bennett Dawson D-LA
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
Charles Hudson O-MA
Barker Burnell O-MA
John Wethered O-MD
Benjamin White D-ME
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
Shepard Cary D-ME
Robert Mcclelland D-MI
James Butler Bowlin D-MO
John Jameson D-MO
Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
William Henry Hammett D-MS
Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
Kenneth Rayner O-NC
John Parker Hale D-NH
George Sykes D-NJ
Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
James Graham Clinton D-NY
Chesselden Ellis D-NY
Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
Samuel Beardsley D-NY
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
Alexander Duncan D-OH
Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
Heman Allen Moore D-OH
Ezra Dean D-OH
Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
John T. Smith D-PA
Richard Brodhead D-PA
Almon Heath Read D-PA
George Fuller D-PA
Henry Frick O-PA
James Pollock O-PA
Henry Nes O-PA
William Wilkins D-PA
John Campbell D-SC
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
Milton Brown 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

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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