To pass a H.J.RES. 8, reducing the prices paid for printing by either house of Congress.

On Jan 29, 1844, the House voted 129–27 (HJR 8). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 110–1, Others 19–26. 1 member voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 129
No: 27
Did not vote: 78
Date: Jan 29, 1844

By party

Others19 yes · 26 no · 39 didn’t vote
Democrats110 yes · 1 no · 39 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Edwin Belser D-AL voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

James Dellet O-AL
William Winter Payne D-AL
George Smith Houston D-AL
Reuben Chapman D-AL
Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
Edward Cross D-AR
Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
John Stewart D-CT
George Smith Catlin D-CT
Samuel Simons D-CT
Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
Howell Cobb D-GA
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
William Henry Stiles D-GA
Robert Smith 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
Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
William John Brown D-IN
John Wesley Davis D-IN
Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
Andrew Kennedy D-IN
Linn Boyd D-KY
Willis Green O-KY
Henry Grider O-KY
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
John White O-KY
William Poindexter Thomasson O-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
William Parmenter D-MA
Henry Williams D-MA
Joshua Herrick D-ME
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-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
Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
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
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
William Brown Maclay D-NY
Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
Richard David Davis D-NY
James Graham Clinton D-NY
Jeremiah Russell D-NY
Zadock Pratt D-NY
David Lowrey Seymour D-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
Horace Wheaton D-NY
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
Amasa Dana D-NY
Byram Green D-NY
William Spring Hubbell D-NY
Alexander Duncan D-OH
Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
Emery Davis Potter D-OH
Henry St. John D-OH
John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
Joseph Morris D-OH
James Mathews D-OH
William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
Ezra Dean D-OH
Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
John T. Smith D-PA
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
John Ritter D-PA
Richard Brodhead D-PA
Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
Henry Frick O-PA
James Black D-PA
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
John Dickey O-PA
William Wilkins D-PA
Samuel Hays D-PA
James Augustus Black D-SC
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
Armistead Burt D-SC
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
Andrew Johnson D-TN
William Tandy Senter O-TN
Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
Alvan Cullom D-TN
George Washington Jones D-TN
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
David W. Dickinson O-TN
Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
Cave Johnson D-TN
Archibald Atkinson D-VA
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
Walter Coles D-VA
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
William Lucas D-VA
William Taylor D-VA
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Lewis Steenrod D-VA
Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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