House roll call 574 · 28th Congress · Feb 28, 1845
To suspend the rules, in order to enable the house to resolve itself into committee of the whole on the state of the union and dispose of the bills making appro
On Feb 28, 1845, the House voted 58–113. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–107, Others 55–6. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 58
- No
- 113
- Did not vote
- 63
- Date
- Feb 28, 1845
By party
- Others55 yes · 6 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 107 no · 40 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Catlin D-CT voted yes
- James Iver Mckay D-NC voted yes
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- John White O-KY
- 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
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- William Wright O-NJ
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- 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 Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Dellet O-AL
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis 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
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Stewart D-CT
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- John Campbell D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
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