House roll call 162 · 29th Congress · Apr 9, 1846
To amend a resolution regarding contingent expenses of the secret service, by requesting the President to furnish the house an account of the expenditures of al
On Apr 9, 1846, the House voted 62–114. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–106, Others 55–8. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 62
- No
- 114
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Apr 9, 1846
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 106 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Others55 yes · 8 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Archibald Yell D-AR voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted yes
- Martin Grover D-NY voted yes
- Isaac Parrish D-OH voted yes
- James Mcdowell D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- James Dixon O-CT
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- John Hardin Mchenry O-KY
- Bryan Rust Young O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Andrew Alkire Trumbo O-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- Luther Severance O-ME
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- John Runk O-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- William Starr Miller O-NY
- William W. Campbell O-NY
- Erastus Dean Culver O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Martin Grover D-NY
- Abner Lewis O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Edwin Hickman Ewing O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL
- Seaborn Jones D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Joshua Fry Bell O-KY
- John Preston Martin D-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle 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
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- James Graham O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Henry Selby Clark D-NC
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- George Sykes D-NJ
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Erdman D-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- Moses Mcclean D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Barclay Martin D-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-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
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- Washington Poe O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- John Henry O-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD
- Albert Constable D-MD
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Mcdaniel D-MO
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Mace Moulton D-NH
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- Henry John Seaman O-NY
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- John Francis Collin D-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- John Hull Campbell O-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- John Hoge Ewing O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- William Taylor D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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