House roll call 65 · 28th Congress · Jan 23, 1844
To suspend the rules in order to present to the house, "resolutions of the legislature of the state of mass., concerning an amendment of the constitution of the
On Jan 23, 1844, the House voted 50–105. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–94, Others 32–11. 18 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 50
- No
- 105
- Did not vote
- 79
- Date
- Jan 23, 1844
By party
- Others32 yes · 11 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 94 no · 38 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT voted yes
- George Smith Catlin D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted yes
- William Parmenter D-MA voted yes
- Henry Williams D-MA voted yes
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted yes
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ voted yes
- George Sykes D-NJ voted yes
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ voted yes
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ voted yes
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted yes
- Zadock Pratt D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY voted yes
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted yes
- William Wilkins D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- John White O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Dellet O-AL
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- 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 Smith D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-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
- 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
- Henry Frick O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-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 Walker Gilmer D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Amos Abbott 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
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Other votes
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