House roll call 452 · 28th Congress · Dec 31, 1844
To suspend the rules in order to offer resolutions which proposed to request the President to put the house in possession of all information regarding agents in
On Dec 31, 1844, the House voted 80–85. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–84, Others 61–1. 19 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 80
- No
- 85
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Dec 31, 1844
By party
- Others61 yes · 1 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 84 no · 47 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Catlin D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted yes
- Richard French D-KY voted yes
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted yes
- James Madison Hughes D-MO voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
- John Parker Hale D-NH voted yes
- John Randall Reding D-NH voted yes
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted yes
- Orville Hungerford D-NY voted yes
- Amasa Dana D-NY voted yes
- Byram Green D-NY voted yes
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted yes
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted yes
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted yes
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted yes
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green 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
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-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 Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- John Stewart D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- 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
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell 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
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- William Lucas D-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
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
Other votes
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