To pass a resolution that joint rule 17, which provides that no bill or resolution that shall have passed the house and Senate shall be presented to the preside

On Mar 3, 1845, the House voted 120–45. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 67–43, Others 53–2. 43 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 120
No: 45
Did not vote: 69
Date: Mar 3, 1845

By party

Others53 yes · 2 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats67 yes · 43 no · 40 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL voted no
Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT voted no
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
Henry Williams D-MA voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Tilghman Mayfield Tucker 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
Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC voted no
Edmund Burke D-NH voted no
John Randall Reding D-NH voted no
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ voted no
Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted no
Orville Hungerford D-NY voted no
Orville Robinson D-NY voted no
Byram Green D-NY voted no
Henry St. John D-OH voted no
Ezra Dean D-OH voted no
Richard Brodhead 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
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted no
Andrew Johnson 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
Walter Coles D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
William Lucas 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

James Edwin Belser D-AL
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
John J. Hardin O-IL
John Pettit D-IN
James W. Stone D-KY
John White O-KY
Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
Osmyn Baker O-MA
Barker Burnell O-MA
John M. S. Causin O-MD
Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
Luther Severance O-ME
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
Shepard Cary D-ME
James Bennett Hunt D-MI
James Butler Bowlin D-MO
William Henry Hammett D-MS
Edmund Deberry O-NC
John Parker Hale D-NH
Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
Zadock Pratt D-NY
Preston King D-NY
Samuel Beardsley D-NY
Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
Albert Smith O-NY
Alexander Duncan D-OH
Joseph Vance O-OH
John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
Elias Florence O-OH
Heman Allen Moore D-OH
James Mathews 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
Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
Almon Heath Read D-PA
Henry Frick O-PA
James Pollock O-PA
Henry Nes O-PA
James Black D-PA
James Irvin O-PA
Andrew Stewart O-PA
William Wilkins D-PA
Samuel Hays D-PA
Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
John Campbell D-SC
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
William Tandy Senter O-TN
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
David W. Dickinson O-TN
John Baptista Ashe O-TN
Milton Brown O-TN
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
John Winston Jones D-VA
Henry Alexander Wise D-VA

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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