To suspend the rules and introduce a concurrent resolution directing that the session be adjourned on july 20. (p. 934)

On Jun 6, 1846, the House voted 88–73. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–71, Others 60–2. 28 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 88
No: 73
Did not vote: 76
Date: Jun 6, 1846

By party

Democrats28 yes · 71 no · 50 didn’t vote
Others60 yes · 2 no · 26 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Smith D-IL voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted yes
Thomas Smith D-IN voted yes
Charles William Cathcart D-IN voted yes
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted yes
William Fell Giles D-MD voted yes
Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted yes
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted yes
Henry Selby Clark D-NC voted yes
James Hutchins Johnson D-NH voted yes
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
William W. Woodworth D-NY voted yes
Preston King D-NY voted yes
Orville Hungerford D-NY voted yes
William Sawyer D-OH voted yes
Henry St. John D-OH voted yes
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted yes
John D. Cummins D-OH voted yes
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted yes
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted yes
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
Moses Mcclean D-PA voted yes
James Black D-PA voted yes
Henry Donnel Foster 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

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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