House roll call 79 · 28th Congress · Feb 5, 1844
To amend H. R. 36 ( 5 stat 680, app. 6/15/44) granting relief to widows and orphans of the crew of the U.S. Schooner grampus, by striking the clause which prov
On Feb 5, 1844, the House voted 85–81 (HR 36). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 77–30, Others 8–51. 30 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 85
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Feb 5, 1844
By party
- Others8 yes · 51 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats77 yes · 30 no · 43 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT voted no
- George Smith Catlin D-CT voted no
- Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
- John Wesley Davis D-IN voted no
- James W. Stone D-KY voted no
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- William Parmenter D-MA voted no
- Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ voted no
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY voted no
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY voted no
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted no
- James Graham Clinton D-NY voted no
- Zadock Pratt D-NY voted no
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY voted no
- John B. Weller D-OH voted no
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted no
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH voted no
- John T. Smith D-PA voted no
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
- William Wilkins D-PA voted no
- James Augustus Black D-SC voted no
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA voted no
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Dellet O-AL
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- John Stewart D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Campbell D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles 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
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
Did not vote
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Amos Abbott 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
- John Jameson D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Henry St. John D-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Other votes
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