To elect a chaplain, WM. Daily (coded 1), issac finsley (coded 2), rodney miller (coded 5), thos. Fisher (coded 6), thos. Allen (coded 7), and a. Muller and e.

On Dec 4, 1844, the House voted 61–24. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 64–36, Others 24–15. 36 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 61
No: 24
Did not vote: 76
Date: Dec 4, 1844

By party

Others24 yes · 15 no · 31 didn’t vote
Democrats64 yes · 36 no · 45 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL voted no
John Stewart D-CT voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted no
James W. Stone D-KY 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
Henry Williams D-MA voted no
Benjamin White D-ME voted no
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO voted no
James Madison Hughes D-MO voted no
John Jameson D-MO voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC voted no
John Randall Reding D-NH voted no
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY voted no
James Graham Clinton D-NY voted no
Zadock Pratt D-NY voted no
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
Lemuel Stetson D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Orville Hungerford D-NY voted no
William Spring Hubbell D-NY voted no
Henry St. John D-OH voted no
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted no
Joseph Morris D-OH voted no
William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH voted no
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted no
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Lewis Steenrod D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

James Dellet O-AL
James Edwin Belser D-AL
Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
William Winter Payne D-AL
George Smith Houston D-AL
Edward Cross D-AR
Samuel Simons D-CT
Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
Edward Junius Black D-GA
John Pettit D-IN
Willis Green O-KY
Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
Osmyn Baker O-MA
John Quincy Adams 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
Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
Shepard Cary D-ME
Lucius Lyon D-MI
Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
Kenneth Rayner O-NC
Edmund Burke D-NH
John Parker Hale D-NH
George Sykes D-NJ
Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
William Brown Maclay D-NY
Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
Richard David Davis D-NY
Jeremiah Russell D-NY
Chesselden Ellis D-NY
Samuel Beardsley D-NY
Orville Robinson D-NY
Washington Hunt O-NY
Alexander Duncan D-OH
John B. Weller D-OH
Emery Davis Potter D-OH
John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
Heman Allen Moore D-OH
Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
John Ritter D-PA
Almon Heath Read D-PA
Henry Frick O-PA
Alexander Ramsey O-PA
Henry Nes O-PA
Andrew Stewart O-PA
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
William Wilkins D-PA
Samuel Hays D-PA
Charles Manning Reed O-PA
Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
John Campbell D-SC
Andrew Johnson D-TN
Alvan Cullom D-TN
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
David W. Dickinson O-TN
Milton Brown O-TN
Walter Coles D-VA
Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
John Winston Jones D-VA
Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
William Lucas D-VA
Solomon Foot O-VT

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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