House roll call 485 · 28th Congress · Jan 27, 1845
To table H.R. 440 (2/20/1845), a bill to purchase certain copies of the history of oregon and california, and the other territories of the northwest coast of am
On Jan 27, 1845, the House voted 84–94 (HR 440). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 70–45, Others 14–49. 45 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 84
- No
- 94
- Did not vote
- 56
- Date
- Jan 27, 1845
By party
- Others14 yes · 49 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats70 yes · 45 no · 35 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted no
- William Winter Payne D-AL voted no
- Edward Cross D-AR voted no
- 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
- John Wentworth D-IL voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted no
- William Parmenter D-MA voted no
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted no
- John Jameson D-MO voted no
- Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted no
- William Henry Hammett D-MS voted no
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC voted no
- Edmund Burke D-NH voted no
- John Parker Hale D-NH voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- George Sykes D-NJ voted no
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ voted no
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ voted no
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY voted no
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY voted no
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY voted no
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY voted no
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted no
- John T. Smith D-PA voted no
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- George Fuller D-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted no
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
- William Lucas D-VA voted no
- William Taylor D-VA voted no
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright 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 Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward 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
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Dellet O-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- 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
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- 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 William Summers O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Stewart D-CT
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- John White O-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- John Wethered O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- John Campbell D-SC
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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