House roll call 78 · 28th Congress · Feb 5, 1844
To receive a petition from citizens of palmyra, new york, praying for an amendment of the constitution of the U.S., so that representatives and direct taxes SH
On Feb 5, 1844, the House voted 73–75. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 32–62, Others 41–13. 32 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 73
- No
- 75
- Did not vote
- 86
- Date
- Feb 5, 1844
By party
- Others41 yes · 13 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 62 no · 56 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT voted yes
- George Smith Catlin D-CT voted yes
- Henry Williams D-MA voted yes
- Joshua Herrick D-ME voted yes
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted yes
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted yes
- Lucius Lyon D-MI voted yes
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted yes
- John Parker Hale D-NH voted yes
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ voted yes
- George Sykes D-NJ voted yes
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY voted yes
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted yes
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted yes
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY voted yes
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted yes
- Orville Hungerford D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY voted yes
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY voted yes
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY voted yes
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted yes
- Amasa Dana D-NY voted yes
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY voted yes
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted yes
- John Ritter D-PA voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted yes
- James Black D-PA voted yes
- Henry Donnel Foster 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
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- John White O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-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
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-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
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh 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
- 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
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- James W. Stone D-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
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll 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
- Andrew Johnson 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
- 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
Did not vote
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- John Stewart D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Osmyn Baker 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
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown 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
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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