House roll call 526 · 28th Congress · Feb 20, 1845
To table a resolution that, after 2 o'clock today, five minutes be allowed for the explanation by any member, when in committee of the whole on the state of the
On Feb 20, 1845, the House voted 52–104. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 46–55, Others 6–49. 46 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 52
- No
- 104
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Feb 20, 1845
By party
- Others6 yes · 49 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 55 no · 49 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edwin Belser D-AL voted yes
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- John Stewart D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Smith D-IN voted yes
- William John Brown D-IN voted yes
- John Wesley Davis D-IN voted yes
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted yes
- Linn Boyd D-KY voted yes
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted yes
- Richard French D-KY voted yes
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted yes
- William Parmenter D-MA voted yes
- Henry Williams D-MA voted yes
- Joshua Herrick D-ME voted yes
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted yes
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted yes
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO voted yes
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted yes
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC voted yes
- James Iver Mckay D-NC voted yes
- Edmund Burke D-NH voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY voted yes
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY voted yes
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted yes
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted yes
- Orville Hungerford D-NY voted yes
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY voted yes
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY voted yes
- Orville Robinson D-NY voted yes
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted yes
- Amasa Dana D-NY voted yes
- Byram Green D-NY voted yes
- John B. Weller D-OH voted yes
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted yes
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH voted yes
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted yes
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- Alvan Cullom D-TN voted yes
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- John Stewart D-CT
- 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
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Dellet O-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun 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
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence 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
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- John Wethered O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
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