To table the motion to reconsider the vote rejecting the motion to engross H.R. 24, a bill to pay to the legal representatives of colonel william grayson of the

On Apr 11, 1846, the House voted 83–68 (HR 24). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 73–28, Others 10–40. 28 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 83
No: 68
Did not vote: 86
Date: Apr 11, 1846

By party

Democrats73 yes · 28 no · 48 didn’t vote
Others10 yes · 40 no · 38 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted no
Archibald Yell D-AR voted no
Robert Smith D-IL voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
John Preston Martin D-KY voted no
Emile La Sére D-LA voted no
John Henry Harmanson D-LA voted no
William Fell Giles D-MD voted no
Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted no
Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH voted no
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
Moses Mcclean D-PA voted no
William Swan Garvin D-PA voted no
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted no
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted no
William Marshall Tredway D-VA voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
Henry Bedinger D-VA voted no
James Mcdowell D-VA voted no
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted no
Joseph Johnson D-VA voted no
William Gay Brown D-VA 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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