House roll call 6 · 28th Congress · Dec 7, 1843
To amend the resolution to elect a printer by adding that the printer's service shall cease if it be provided by law that the public patronage of the government
On Dec 7, 1843, the House voted 57–122. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–105, Others 42–17. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 57
- No
- 122
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- Dec 7, 1843
By party
- Others42 yes · 17 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 105 no · 30 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted yes
- Richard French D-KY voted yes
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY voted yes
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted yes
- Almon Heath Read D-PA voted yes
- William Wilkins D-PA voted yes
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted yes
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA voted yes
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Dellet O-AL
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- William Wright O-NJ
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- 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
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown 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
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Smith Catlin 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
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth 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
- John Pettit D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt 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
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- James Mathews 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
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Walter Coles D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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