House roll call 27 · 28th Congress · Dec 22, 1843
To suspend the rules in order to enable MR. Giddings to debate the question of to what committee the resolution of the massachusetts legislature to amend the co
On Dec 22, 1843, the House voted 78–84. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 34–79, Others 44–5. 34 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 78
- No
- 84
- Did not vote
- 72
- Date
- Dec 22, 1843
By party
- Others44 yes · 5 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 79 no · 37 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edwin Belser D-AL voted yes
- Edward Cross D-AR voted yes
- George Smith Catlin D-CT voted yes
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted yes
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted yes
- William Parmenter D-MA voted yes
- Henry Williams D-MA voted yes
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted yes
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted yes
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted yes
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted yes
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY voted yes
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY voted yes
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY voted yes
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted yes
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY voted yes
- John B. Weller D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Morris D-OH voted yes
- Ezra Dean D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted yes
- James Black D-PA voted yes
- William Wilkins D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Hays D-PA voted yes
- Armistead Burt D-SC voted yes
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson 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
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- James Dellet O-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
Other votes
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