To table a resolution providing that all debate in the committee of the whole on the state of the union, on the bill to raise 2 regiments of riflemen shall term

On Mar 24, 1846, the House voted 80–88. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–86, Others 57–2. 23 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 80
No: 88
Did not vote: 69
Date: Mar 24, 1846

By party

Democrats23 yes · 86 no · 40 didn’t vote
Others57 yes · 2 no · 29 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Reuben Chapman D-AL voted yes
Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL voted yes
William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL voted yes
Thomas Johns Perry D-MD voted yes
John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted yes
Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted yes
Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted yes
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted yes
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted yes
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted yes
John Watson Lawrence D-NY voted yes
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
Samuel Gordon D-NY voted yes
Joseph Russell D-NY voted yes
Preston King D-NY voted yes
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted yes
William Jervis Hough D-NY voted yes
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted yes
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted yes
Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted yes
Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted yes
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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