House roll call 437 · 28th Congress · Dec 13, 1844
To amend H.R. 432, by exempting such states where the electors of President and vice President are now chosen by its legislature, until such time as such state
On Dec 13, 1844, the House voted 52–141 (HR 432). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 48–74, Others 4–67. 48 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 52
- No
- 141
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Dec 13, 1844
By party
- Others4 yes · 67 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats48 yes · 74 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted yes
- William Winter Payne D-AL voted yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- Reuben Chapman D-AL voted yes
- Edward Junius Black D-GA voted yes
- Howell Cobb D-GA voted yes
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted yes
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted yes
- William John Brown D-IN voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted yes
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA voted yes
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA voted yes
- Joshua Herrick D-ME voted yes
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO voted yes
- James Madison Hughes D-MO voted yes
- John Jameson D-MO voted yes
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted yes
- William Henry Hammett D-MS voted yes
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC voted yes
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted yes
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC voted yes
- Edmund Burke D-NH voted yes
- John Parker Hale D-NH voted yes
- John Randall Reding D-NH voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ voted yes
- George Sykes D-NJ voted yes
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ voted yes
- Alexander Duncan D-OH voted yes
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted yes
- James Augustus Black D-SC voted yes
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted yes
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted yes
- John Campbell D-SC voted yes
- Armistead Burt D-SC voted yes
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted yes
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN voted yes
- Cave Johnson D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted yes
- William Taylor D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-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
- John Campbell D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Dellet O-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Henry Grider O-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
- John Slidell D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- William Wright O-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Lemuel Stetson 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
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- 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
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
Other votes
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