House roll call 82 · 28th Congress · Feb 6, 1844
To discharge the committee of the whole house on the state of the union from further consideration of the report of the committee of elections, and bring the re
On Feb 6, 1844, the House voted 107–73. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 106–11, Others 1–62. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 107
- No
- 73
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Feb 6, 1844
By party
- Others1 yes · 62 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats106 yes · 11 no · 33 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edwin Belser D-AL voted no
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- James W. Stone D-KY voted no
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
- William Parmenter D-MA voted no
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted no
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted no
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- 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
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- 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 Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-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
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Zadock Pratt 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
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris 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
- 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
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- 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
- 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
- James Dellet O-AL
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- 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
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King 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
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- William Wright O-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Did not vote
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier 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
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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