To table an appeal made during debate on a resolution relative to the secret service fund.

On Apr 27, 1846, the House voted 50–105. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 50–39, Others 0–66. 39 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 50
No: 105
Did not vote: 82
Date: Apr 27, 1846

By party

Democrats50 yes · 39 no · 60 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 66 no · 22 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
Archibald Yell D-AR voted no
William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL voted no
Seaborn Jones D-GA voted no
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted no
William Watson Wick D-IN voted no
John Pettit D-IN voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
Emile La Sére D-LA voted no
John Henry Harmanson D-LA voted no
Albert Constable D-MD voted no
Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted no
James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Leonard Henly Sims D-MO voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
William Jervis Hough D-NY voted no
Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
Isaac Parrish D-OH voted no
George Fries D-OH voted no
Owen D. Leib D-PA voted no
William Swan Garvin D-PA voted no
James Augustus Black D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC voted no
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
Barclay Martin D-TN voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted no
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly 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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