House roll call 310 · 28th Congress · May 15, 1844
To suspend the rules, in order to have the report of the select committee, and the testimony accompanying same, reprinted, for the purpose of making corrections
On May 15, 1844, the House voted 91–79. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 91–10, Others 0–69. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 91
- No
- 79
- Did not vote
- 64
- Date
- May 15, 1844
By party
- Others0 yes · 69 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats91 yes · 10 no · 49 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Simons D-CT voted no
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted no
- Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO voted no
- Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted no
- John B. Weller D-OH voted no
- Cave Johnson D-TN voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- William Winter Payne 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
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-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
How each representative voted: No
- James Dellet O-AL
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-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 M. S. Causin O-MD
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- William Wright O-NJ
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- James W. Stone D-KY
- John White O-KY
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
Other votes
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