To pass a resolution providing that debate on H.R. 5 shall be closed 2 hours after it is taken up. (p. 733-3)

On Apr 27, 1846, the House voted 73–85. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 72–19, Others 1–66. 19 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 73
No: 85
Did not vote: 79
Date: Apr 27, 1846

By party

Democrats72 yes · 19 no · 58 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 66 no · 21 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL voted no
William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted no
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted no
Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted no
Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted no
Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH voted no
Isaac Parrish D-OH voted no
George Fries D-OH voted no
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA 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
Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted no
Henry Bedinger D-VA voted no
James Mcdowell D-VA voted no
Joseph Johnson 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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Capitol Receipts, “To pass a resolution providing that debate…: House Vote, Apr 27, 1846,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-H-195/to-pass-a-resolution-providing-that-debate-on-h (accessed 2026-10-16).