House roll call 591 · 28th Congress · Mar 3, 1845
To pass S. 87, a bill to enable the chickasaw indians to try the validity of their claims, in the courts of the U.S. (p. 393, 394)
On Mar 3, 1845, the House voted 51–86 (S 87). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–80, Others 37–6. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 51
- No
- 86
- Did not vote
- 97
- Date
- Mar 3, 1845
By party
- Others37 yes · 6 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 80 no · 56 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edwin Belser D-AL voted yes
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted yes
- William John Brown D-IN voted yes
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted yes
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted yes
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA voted yes
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA voted yes
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS voted yes
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC voted yes
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC voted yes
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ voted yes
- John T. Smith D-PA voted yes
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted yes
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Dellet O-AL
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- 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
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- George William Summers O-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Isaac Gray Farlee 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
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green 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
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-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
- James Irvin O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
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