House roll call 268 · 29th Congress · Jun 4, 1846
To amend S. 185, (29-9 stat. 17, june 18, 1846), a bill supplemental to an act for the prosecution of the war with mexico, by limiting the appointment of new ma
On Jun 4, 1846, the House voted 106–65 (S 185). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 47–61, Others 59–4. 47 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 106
- No
- 65
- Did not vote
- 66
- Date
- Jun 4, 1846
By party
- Democrats47 yes · 61 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Others59 yes · 4 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Reuben Chapman D-AL voted yes
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA voted yes
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Smith D-IN voted yes
- William Fell Giles D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME voted yes
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted yes
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted yes
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
- Jacob Thompson D-MS voted yes
- Henry Selby Clark D-NC voted yes
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH voted yes
- Mace Moulton D-NH voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Russell D-NY voted yes
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted yes
- Orville Hungerford D-NY voted yes
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted yes
- Stephen Strong D-NY voted yes
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted yes
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted yes
- John De Mott D-NY voted yes
- Martin Grover D-NY voted yes
- William Sawyer D-OH voted yes
- Henry St. John D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted yes
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Morris D-OH voted yes
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted yes
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted yes
- Jacob Erdman D-PA voted yes
- John Ritter D-PA voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Moses Mcclean D-PA voted yes
- James Black D-PA voted yes
- William Swan Garvin D-PA voted yes
- James Thompson D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- William Gay Brown D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- John Hardin Mchenry O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Joshua Fry Bell O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Andrew Alkire Trumbo O-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- Luther Severance O-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
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- James Graham O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- Henry Selby Clark D-NC
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- Mace Moulton D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- John Runk O-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Henry John Seaman O-NY
- William Starr Miller O-NY
- William W. Campbell O-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY
- Erastus Dean Culver O-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Martin Grover D-NY
- Abner Lewis O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Moses Mcclean D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- John Hoge Ewing O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL
- Seaborn Jones D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- John Preston Martin D-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- John Smith Chipman D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- Leonard Henly Sims D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- Barclay Martin D-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- William Marshall Tredway D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- James Dixon O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Washington Poe O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- John Henry O-IL
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- Bryan Rust Young O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- Albert Constable D-MD
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Sterling Price D-MO
- William Mcdaniel D-MO
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- John Francis Collin D-NY
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- John Hull Campbell O-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Edwin Hickman Ewing O-TN
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
Other votes
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