To concur in an amendment to H.R. 498, by appropriating $824 for pay and mileage of william l. Goggin, while contesting the seat of thomas w. Gilmer. (p. 331-2

On Feb 22, 1845, the House voted 114–39 (HR 498). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–38, Others 66–1. 38 members voted against their own party.

During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.

Yes: 114
No: 39
Did not vote: 81
Date: Feb 22, 1845

By party

Others66 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats48 yes · 38 no · 64 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted no
Richard French D-KY voted no
Henry Williams D-MA voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
Edmund Burke D-NH voted no
John Randall Reding D-NH voted no
Jeremiah Russell D-NY voted no
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY voted no
Smith Meade Purdy D-NY voted no
Alexander Duncan D-OH voted no
Henry St. John D-OH voted no
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
Alfred Parish Stone D-OH voted no
Joseph Morris D-OH voted no
William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH voted no
John T. Smith D-PA voted no
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted no
George Fuller D-PA voted no
James Black D-PA voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
Julius W. Blackwell D-TN voted no
Alvan Cullom D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Cave Johnson D-TN voted no
Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted no
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted no
Walter Coles D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

James Dellet O-AL
James Edwin Belser D-AL
Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
Reuben Chapman D-AL
George Smith Catlin D-CT
Samuel Simons D-CT
Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
Robert Smith D-IL
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
John Wentworth D-IL
Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
Thomas Smith D-IN
William John Brown D-IN
John Pettit D-IN
Andrew Kennedy D-IN
Willis Green O-KY
James W. Stone D-KY
John Slidell D-LA
Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
William Parmenter D-MA
Barker Burnell O-MA
John M. S. Causin O-MD
Francis Brengle O-MD
Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
Shepard Cary D-ME
Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
James Hugh Relfe D-MO
James Madison Hughes D-MO
Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
Edmund Deberry O-NC
Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
William Brown Maclay D-NY
Moses Gage Leonard 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
Orville Hungerford D-NY
Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
Samuel Beardsley D-NY
Orville Robinson D-NY
Horace Wheaton D-NY
William Spring Hubbell D-NY
William Abbott Moseley O-NY
John B. Weller D-OH
Heman Allen Moore D-OH
James Mathews D-OH
Ezra Dean D-OH
Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
Almon Heath Read D-PA
Henry Frick O-PA
Henry Nes O-PA
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
William Wilkins D-PA
James Augustus Black D-SC
John Campbell D-SC
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
David W. Dickinson O-TN
Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
John Winston Jones D-VA
Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
William Taylor D-VA

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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