House roll call 291 · 28th Congress · May 6, 1844
To amend the journal, in reference to the SEC'y of state's reply to the house on the correction of the report of the sixth census, so as to reverse his answer.
On May 6, 1844, the House voted 32–126. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–102, Others 31–24. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 126
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- May 6, 1844
By party
- Others31 yes · 24 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 102 no · 47 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Wethered O-MD
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Dellet O-AL
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-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
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford 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
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-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
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- John Campbell D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- 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
- George William Summers O-VA
Other votes
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