House roll call 185 · 29th Congress · Apr 24, 1846
To table H.R. 15, (july 20, 1846) to exempt canal boats from the payment of fees and hospital money.
On Apr 24, 1846, the House voted 41–105 (HR 15). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 29–61, Others 12–44. 29 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 41
- No
- 105
- Did not vote
- 91
- Date
- Apr 24, 1846
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 61 no · 59 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 44 no · 32 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted yes
- Howell Cobb D-GA voted yes
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted yes
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD voted yes
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted yes
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME voted yes
- Sterling Price D-MO voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC voted yes
- James Iver Mckay D-NC voted yes
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted yes
- Mace Moulton D-NH voted yes
- Samuel Gordon D-NY voted yes
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted yes
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted yes
- Alvan Cullom D-TN voted yes
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN voted yes
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted yes
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted yes
- Henry Bedinger D-VA voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME
- Sterling Price D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- James Graham O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Mace Moulton D-NH
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- James Dixon O-CT
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Joshua Fry Bell O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Andrew Alkire Trumbo O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- Albert Constable D-MD
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Leonard Henly Sims D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- George Sykes D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY
- Henry John Seaman O-NY
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- William W. Campbell O-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- John Francis Collin D-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-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
- James John Faran D-OH
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John Hull Campbell O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Hoge Ewing O-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- Barclay Martin D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Did not vote
- Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Seaborn Jones D-GA
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- Washington Poe O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- John Henry O-IL
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- John Hardin Mchenry O-KY
- Bryan Rust Young O-KY
- John Preston Martin D-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD
- John Smith Chipman D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- William Mcdaniel D-MO
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Henry Selby Clark D-NC
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- John Runk O-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- William Starr Miller O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY
- Erastus Dean Culver O-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Strohm O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Moses Mcclean D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Edwin Hickman Ewing O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- William Marshall Tredway D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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