House roll call 435 · 28th Congress · Dec 12, 1844
To table a petition presented from the citizens of ashtabula county ohio to amend the constitution of the U.S. Making the basis of representation uniform, repre
On Dec 12, 1844, the House voted 136–50. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 108–9, Others 28–41. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 136
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Dec 12, 1844
By party
- Others28 yes · 41 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats108 yes · 9 no · 33 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Catlin D-CT voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted no
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted no
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY voted no
- Preston King D-NY voted no
- Orville Robinson D-NY voted no
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted no
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Dellet O-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson 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
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts 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
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- John White O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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