To pass S. 46. (p. 353-3)

On Feb 26, 1845, the House voted 128–74 (S 46). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 71–59, Others 57–15. 59 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 128
No: 74
Did not vote: 32
Date: Feb 26, 1845

By party

Others57 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
Democrats71 yes · 59 no · 20 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Edwin Belser D-AL voted no
William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted no
William Winter Payne D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL voted no
Edward Cross D-AR voted no
Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
William Henry Stiles D-GA voted no
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
Thomas Smith D-IN voted no
William John Brown D-IN voted no
John Wesley Davis D-IN voted no
John Pettit D-IN voted no
Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted no
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted no
Richard French D-KY voted no
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted no
James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted no
James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted no
John Jameson D-MO voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted no
Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS voted no
William Henry Hammett D-MS voted no
David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC voted no
John B. Weller D-OH voted no
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
James Augustus Black D-SC voted no
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
John Campbell D-SC voted no
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
Robert Barnwell Rhett 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
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN voted no
Cave Johnson D-TN 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
William Taylor D-VA voted no
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Lewis Steenrod D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
Edward Junius Black D-GA
Robert Smith D-IL
Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
Linn Boyd D-KY
James W. Stone D-KY
John Bennett Dawson D-LA
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
John Quincy Adams O-MA
Barker Burnell O-MA
Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
James Madison Hughes D-MO
Samuel Beardsley D-NY
Alexander Duncan D-OH
Heman Allen Moore D-OH
Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
James Mathews D-OH
Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
Almon Heath Read D-PA
Henry Frick O-PA
Henry Nes O-PA
William Wilkins D-PA
David W. Dickinson O-TN
Archibald Atkinson D-VA
Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
John Winston Jones D-VA
Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
Samuel Chilton O-VA

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S. 46. (p. 353-3): House Vote, Feb 26, 1845,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/28-H-552/to-pass-s-46-p-353-3 (accessed 2026-10-16).