House roll call 491 · 28th Congress · Feb 3, 1845
To table S. 24 (2/7/1845), a bill to give the assent of Congress to the act of the virginia legislature, entitled "an act further to amend the act to incorporat
On Feb 3, 1845, the House voted 70–122 (S 24). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 70–50, Others 0–72. 50 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 70
- No
- 122
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Feb 3, 1845
By party
- Others0 yes · 72 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats70 yes · 50 no · 30 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Winter Payne D-AL voted no
- Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
- Edward Cross D-AR voted no
- John Wentworth D-IL voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
- Thomas Smith D-IN voted no
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- James W. Stone D-KY voted no
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA voted no
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted no
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted no
- Lucius Lyon D-MI voted no
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO voted no
- John Jameson D-MO voted no
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ voted no
- George Sykes D-NJ voted no
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY voted no
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY voted no
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY voted no
- Orville Robinson D-NY voted no
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted no
- Amasa Dana D-NY voted no
- Byram Green D-NY voted no
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY voted no
- John B. Weller D-OH voted no
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
- John Ritter D-PA voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- George Fuller D-PA voted no
- James Black D-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- Samuel Hays D-PA voted no
- James Augustus Black D-SC voted no
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
- John Campbell D-SC voted no
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted no
- Walter Coles D-VA voted no
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
- William Lucas D-VA voted no
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted no
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA voted no
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- 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
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-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
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Dellet O-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- 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 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
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Orville Robinson 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
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter 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 Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey 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
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- 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
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman 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
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Willis Green O-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
Other votes
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