To suspend the rule requiring a resolution to lie over one day. The resolution provides that 10,000 extra copies of the report of the select committee on the me

On Dec 5, 1844, the House voted 92–75. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 91–11, Others 1–64. 11 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 92
No: 75
Did not vote: 67
Date: Dec 5, 1844

By party

Others1 yes · 64 no · 19 didn’t vote
Democrats91 yes · 11 no · 48 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted no
Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL voted no
Edward Junius Black D-GA voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
William Henry Stiles D-GA voted no
James Madison Hughes D-MO voted no
John T. Smith D-PA voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard 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
Edward Cross D-AR
Samuel Simons D-CT
George Brydges Rodney O-DE
Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
Willis Green O-KY
John Slidell D-LA
Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
John Bennett Dawson D-LA
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
Barker Burnell O-MA
Francis Brengle O-MD
Shepard Cary D-ME
Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
William Henry Hammett D-MS
Kenneth Rayner O-NC
Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
George Sykes D-NJ
Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
William Wright O-NJ
William Brown Maclay D-NY
Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
Richard David Davis D-NY
Lemuel Stetson D-NY
Chesselden Ellis D-NY
Orville Hungerford D-NY
Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
Samuel Beardsley D-NY
Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
Washington Hunt O-NY
Emery Davis Potter D-OH
Henry St. John D-OH
John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
Heman Allen Moore D-OH
Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
Jeremiah Brown O-PA
Almon Heath Read D-PA
Henry Frick O-PA
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
John Dickey O-PA
William Wilkins D-PA
Samuel Hays D-PA
Charles Manning Reed O-PA
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
John Campbell D-SC
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
William Tandy Senter O-TN
Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
Alvan Cullom D-TN
David W. Dickinson 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
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
Samuel Chilton O-VA

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rule requiring a resolution…: House Vote, Dec 5, 1844,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/28-H-430/to-suspend-the-rule-requiring-a-resolution-to-lie (accessed 2026-10-16).