House roll call 429 · 28th Congress · Dec 4, 1844
To elect a chaplain, WM. Daily (coded 1), isaac finsley (coded 2), rodney miller (coded 5), thos. Fisher (coded 6), and t. Allen and a. Muller (both coded 8).
On Dec 4, 1844, the House voted 104–25. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 83–24, Others 35–17. 24 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 104
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Dec 4, 1844
By party
- Others35 yes · 17 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Democrats83 yes · 24 no · 43 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- 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
- William Parmenter D-MA voted no
- Benjamin White D-ME voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO voted no
- James Madison Hughes D-MO voted no
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC voted no
- Edmund Burke D-NH voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Zadock Pratt D-NY voted no
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN voted no
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
- William Taylor 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
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson 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
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter 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
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
How each representative voted: No
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright O-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
Did not vote
- James Dellet O-AL
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis 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
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- 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
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- 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
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- John Campbell D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- 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
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Other votes
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