To amend S. 18 (app. 6/17/1844) by inserting: that a commission be appointed to make a survey for the purpose of ascertaining the most favorable site on miss. R

On Jun 15, 1844, the House voted 49–113 (S 18). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 49–41, Others 0–72. 41 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 49
No: 113
Did not vote: 72
Date: Jun 15, 1844

By party

Others0 yes · 72 no · 12 didn’t vote
Democrats49 yes · 41 no · 60 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
George Smith Catlin D-CT voted no
Edward Junius Black D-GA voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
John Wesley Davis D-IN voted no
Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted no
Richard French D-KY voted no
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
John Slidell D-LA voted no
William Parmenter D-MA voted no
Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted no
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted no
James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted no
James Madison Hughes D-MO voted no
John Jameson D-MO voted no
John Parker Hale D-NH voted no
George Sykes D-NJ voted no
Moses Gage Leonard D-NY voted no
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY voted no
Horace Wheaton D-NY voted no
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted no
John B. Weller D-OH voted no
Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted no
Henry St. John D-OH voted no
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted no
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
Julius W. Blackwell D-TN voted no
Alvan Cullom D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN voted no
Cave Johnson D-TN voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
William Lucas D-VA 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
George Smith Houston D-AL
Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
Edward Cross D-AR
Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
Samuel Simons D-CT
William Henry Stiles D-GA
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
John Wentworth D-IL
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
Thomas Smith D-IN
William John Brown D-IN
Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
John Pettit D-IN
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
James W. Stone D-KY
John Bennett Dawson D-LA
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
Osmyn Baker O-MA
Barker Burnell O-MA
Francis Brengle O-MD
Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
Joshua Herrick D-ME
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
Benjamin White D-ME
Shepard Cary D-ME
Lucius Lyon D-MI
Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
Kenneth Rayner O-NC
Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
William Brown Maclay D-NY
Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
James Graham Clinton D-NY
Jeremiah Russell D-NY
Lemuel Stetson D-NY
Chesselden Ellis D-NY
Orville Hungerford D-NY
Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
Samuel Beardsley D-NY
Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
Byram Green D-NY
William Spring Hubbell D-NY
Alexander Duncan D-OH
Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
Heman Allen Moore D-OH
James Mathews D-OH
William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
Edward Joy Morris O-PA
Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
Almon Heath Read D-PA
George Fuller D-PA
Henry Frick O-PA
James Black D-PA
James Irvin O-PA
Cornelius Darragh O-PA
William Wilkins D-PA
Samuel Hays D-PA
William Tandy Senter O-TN
Walter Coles D-VA
Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
John Winston Jones D-VA
Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 18 (app. 6/17/1844) by…: House Vote, Jun 15, 1844,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/28-H-407/to-amend-s-18-app-6-17-1844-by (accessed 2026-10-17).