House roll call 590 · 28th Congress · Mar 3, 1845
To pass a resolution to pay simon brown, the librarian of the house, the same pay that was allowed to his predecessor, and pay to charles w. Stewart 50 cents pe
On Mar 3, 1845, the House voted 99–43. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 54–38, Others 45–5. 38 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 99
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 92
- Date
- Mar 3, 1845
By party
- Others45 yes · 5 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats54 yes · 38 no · 58 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Winter Payne D-AL voted no
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT voted no
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
- Thomas Smith D-IN voted no
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted no
- Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted no
- Richard French D-KY voted no
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted no
- Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker 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
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC voted no
- Edmund Burke D-NH voted no
- John Randall Reding D-NH voted no
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted no
- Henry St. John D-OH voted no
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted no
- Joseph Morris D-OH voted no
- Ezra Dean D-OH voted no
- John Ritter D-PA voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- James Black D-PA voted no
- James Augustus Black D-SC voted no
- Andrew Johnson 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
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted no
- Walter Coles D-VA voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Dellet O-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
How each representative voted: No
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker 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
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
Did not vote
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
Other votes
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