To table a resolution to proceed to the election of a superintendent of the folding room and an assistant to him. (p. 93-1)

On Dec 22, 1845, the House voted 57–99. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 50–48, Others 7–51. 48 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 57
No: 99
Did not vote: 81
Date: Dec 22, 1845

By party

Democrats50 yes · 48 no · 51 didn’t vote
Others7 yes · 51 no · 30 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted no
William Winter Payne D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL voted no
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
William Watson Wick D-IN voted no
Charles William Cathcart D-IN voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
John Preston Martin D-KY voted no
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
John Dennis Mccrate D-ME voted no
John Smith Chipman D-MI voted no
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
Leonard Henly Sims D-MO voted no
Sterling Price D-MO voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted no
Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
Henry Selby Clark D-NC voted no
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH voted no
William Sawyer D-OH voted no
Henry St. John D-OH voted no
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH voted no
John D. Cummins D-OH voted no
David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted no
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
John Ritter D-PA voted no
Owen D. Leib D-PA voted no
David Wilmot D-PA voted no
Henry Donnel Foster 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
Alvan Cullom D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Barclay Martin D-TN voted no
Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN voted no
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted no
Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted no
Henry Bedinger D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins 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 table a resolution to proceed to the…: House Vote, Dec 22, 1845,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-H-26/to-table-a-resolution-to-proceed-to-the-election (accessed 2026-10-16).