House roll call 51 · 28th Congress · Jan 9, 1844
To table the report of the select committee upon the subject of the rules and orders of the house, and the motion to postpone the consideration of the report to
On Jan 9, 1844, the House voted 76–108. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 65–52, Others 11–56. 52 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 76
- No
- 108
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Jan 9, 1844
By party
- Others11 yes · 56 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats65 yes · 52 no · 33 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT voted no
- John Stewart D-CT voted no
- George Smith Catlin D-CT voted no
- Samuel Simons D-CT voted no
- Edward Junius Black D-GA voted no
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted no
- William Parmenter D-MA voted no
- Henry Williams D-MA voted no
- Joshua Herrick D-ME voted no
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted no
- Lucius Lyon D-MI voted no
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
- John Parker Hale D-NH voted no
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ voted no
- George Sykes D-NJ voted no
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ voted no
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ voted no
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY voted no
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY voted no
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted no
- James Graham Clinton D-NY voted no
- Zadock Pratt D-NY voted no
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY voted no
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY voted no
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted no
- Preston King D-NY voted no
- Orville Hungerford D-NY voted no
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY voted no
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY voted no
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted no
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted no
- Amasa Dana D-NY voted no
- Byram Green D-NY voted no
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY voted no
- Alexander Duncan D-OH voted no
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted no
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
- Joseph Morris D-OH voted no
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH voted no
- Ezra Dean D-OH voted no
- John T. Smith D-PA voted no
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
- John Ritter D-PA voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- Samuel Hays D-PA voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Dellet O-AL
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- 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
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders 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
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- James Black 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
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- John White O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- 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
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun 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
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-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
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- 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
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Barker Burnell 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
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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