House roll call 1 · 29th Congress · Dec 1, 1845
To elect a speaker for the 29th house, john davis (dem), versus s. Venton, (whig). Votes for davis are coded 1, for vinton, 2. Votes for other candidates are co
On Dec 1, 1845, the House voted 120–0. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 120–0, Others 70–0.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 120
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Dec 1, 1845
By party
- Democrats120 yes · 0 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others70 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- James Dixon O-CT
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Seaborn Jones D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-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
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- John Hardin Mchenry O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Joshua Fry Bell O-KY
- Bryan Rust Young O-KY
- John Preston Martin D-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Andrew Alkire Trumbo O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- Albert Constable D-MD
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- John Smith Chipman D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- Leonard Henly Sims D-MO
- Sterling Price D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Henry Selby Clark D-NC
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- Mace Moulton D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- John Runk O-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- John Francis Collin D-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY
- Erastus Dean Culver O-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Martin Grover D-NY
- Abner Lewis O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Moses Mcclean D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Hoge Ewing O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Barclay Martin D-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- William Marshall Tredway D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- Washington Poe O-GA
- Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- John Henry O-IL
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Mcdaniel D-MO
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- James Graham O-NC
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Henry John Seaman O-NY
- William Starr Miller O-NY
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- William W. Campbell O-NY
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- John Hull Campbell O-PA
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Edwin Hickman Ewing O-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
Other votes
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