To reconsider the vote by which the house agreed to an amendment to H.R. 18, appropriating $5,000 for improvements in harbor at providence, rhode island. (p. 5

On Mar 18, 1846, the House voted 95–102 (HR 18). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 85–42, Others 10–60. 42 members voted against their own party.

During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.

Yes: 95
No: 102
Did not vote: 40
Date: Mar 18, 1846

By party

Democrats85 yes · 42 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others10 yes · 60 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL voted no
Robert Smith D-IL voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
Charles William Cathcart D-IN voted no
Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted no
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
William Fell Giles D-MD voted no
Albert Constable D-MD voted no
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted no
Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted no
John Smith Chipman D-MI voted no
James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted no
James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted no
George Sykes D-NJ voted no
Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted no
William W. Woodworth D-NY voted no
Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY voted no
Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted no
Joseph Russell D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
Charles Goodyear D-NY voted no
Stephen Strong D-NY voted no
William Jervis Hough D-NY voted no
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted no
Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY voted no
John De Mott D-NY voted no
Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH voted no
Henry St. John D-OH voted no
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH voted no
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted no
David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted no
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
Owen D. Leib D-PA voted no
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
James Thompson D-PA voted no
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted no
Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To reconsider the vote by which the house…: House Vote, Mar 18, 1846,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-H-113/to-reconsider-the-vote-by-which-the-house-agreed (accessed 2026-10-17).