To amend H.R. 145 by raising the pay of the infantry from $8 to $10. (p. 794)

On May 11, 1846, the House voted 104–82 (HR 145). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 59–58, Others 45–24. 58 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 104
No: 82
Did not vote: 51
Date: May 11, 1846

By party

Democrats59 yes · 58 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others45 yes · 24 no · 19 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted no
William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL voted no
Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
William Watson Wick D-IN voted no
Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted no
John Henry Harmanson D-LA voted no
Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD voted no
John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted no
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted no
John Smith Chipman D-MI voted no
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted no
Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
Henry Selby Clark D-NC voted no
Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
Mace Moulton D-NH voted no
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY voted no
John Francis Collin D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Orville Hungerford D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
Charles Goodyear D-NY voted no
Stephen Strong D-NY voted no
William Jervis Hough D-NY voted no
Horace Wheaton D-NY voted no
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted no
Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY voted no
Martin Grover D-NY voted no
James John Faran D-OH voted no
Henry St. John D-OH voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted no
John D. Cummins D-OH voted no
George Fries D-OH voted no
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
James Augustus Black D-SC voted no
Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC voted no
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted no
George Coke Dromgoole 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
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT 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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