To reconsider vote passing the resolution providing that the clerk of the house be directed to furnish members of the house, such books as were furnished to mem

On Jun 14, 1844, the House voted 67–105. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 58–44, Others 9–61. 44 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 67
No: 105
Did not vote: 62
Date: Jun 14, 1844

By party

Others9 yes · 61 no · 14 didn’t vote
Democrats58 yes · 44 no · 48 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL voted no
Edward Cross D-AR voted no
George Smith Catlin D-CT voted no
Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
William Henry Stiles D-GA voted no
Robert Smith D-IL voted no
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted no
Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
John Wesley Davis D-IN voted no
Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted no
James W. Stone D-KY voted no
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
John Slidell D-LA voted no
Joshua Herrick D-ME voted no
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted no
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
Shepard Cary D-ME voted no
James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted no
James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted no
John Jameson D-MO voted no
Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted no
John Parker Hale D-NH voted no
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
George Sykes D-NJ voted no
Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ voted no
Selah Brewster Strong D-NY voted no
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
Moses Gage Leonard D-NY voted no
Zadock Pratt D-NY voted no
Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY voted no
Orville Robinson D-NY voted no
William Spring Hubbell D-NY voted no
Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted no
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted no
James Mathews D-OH voted no
William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH voted no
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted no
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
James Black D-PA voted no
Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

James Edwin Belser D-AL
Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
Edward Junius Black D-GA
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
John Wentworth D-IL
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
John Pettit D-IN
Garrett Davis O-KY
John Bennett Dawson D-LA
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
John Quincy Adams O-MA
Barker Burnell O-MA
Francis Brengle O-MD
Luther Severance O-ME
Benjamin White D-ME
Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
Kenneth Rayner O-NC
Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
Richard David Davis D-NY
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
Lemuel Stetson D-NY
Chesselden Ellis D-NY
Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
Samuel Beardsley D-NY
Horace Wheaton D-NY
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
Alexander Duncan D-OH
John B. Weller D-OH
John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
Elias Florence O-OH
Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
Heman Allen Moore D-OH
Alexander Harper O-OH
Joseph Morris D-OH
Ezra Dean D-OH
Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
John T. Smith D-PA
Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
Almon Heath Read D-PA
George Fuller D-PA
Henry Frick O-PA
Alexander Ramsey O-PA
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
William Wilkins D-PA
Samuel Hays D-PA
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
Armistead Burt D-SC
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
William Tandy Senter O-TN
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
John Winston Jones D-VA
Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
William Lucas D-VA
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
George William Summers O-VA

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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