House roll call 449 · 28th Congress · Dec 23, 1844
To table a resolution to direct that persons employed by the house at this Congress, be paid at the close of this session from the contingent fund, an amount eq
On Dec 23, 1844, the House voted 93–62. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 62–35, Others 31–27. 35 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 93
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 79
- Date
- Dec 23, 1844
By party
- Others31 yes · 27 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats62 yes · 35 no · 53 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT voted no
- George Smith Catlin D-CT voted no
- Edward Junius Black D-GA voted no
- Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- Robert Smith D-IL voted no
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
- John Wentworth D-IL voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted no
- William John Brown D-IN voted no
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Lucius Lyon D-MI voted no
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted no
- Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted no
- William Henry Hammett D-MS voted no
- John Parker Hale D-NH voted no
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY voted no
- John B. Weller D-OH voted no
- James Mathews D-OH voted no
- John T. Smith D-PA voted no
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted no
- Samuel Hays D-PA voted no
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Charles Swan Benton 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
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-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
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Armistead Burt 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
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- William Wright O-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- James Dellet O-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- John Campbell D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
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