To amend H.R. 51 by providing for the appropriation of $5000 for conputing and publishing the american nautical almanac, provided that no part of said sum shall

On Jun 15, 1846, the House voted 86–102 (HR 51). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–96, Others 68–6. 18 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 86
No: 102
Did not vote: 49
Date: Jun 15, 1846

By party

Democrats18 yes · 96 no · 35 didn’t vote
Others68 yes · 6 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA voted yes
John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted yes
Thomas Johns Perry D-MD voted yes
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
George Sykes D-NJ voted yes
Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted yes
George Fries D-OH voted yes
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
Owen D. Leib D-PA voted yes
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted yes
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted yes
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted yes
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted yes
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
James Mcdowell D-VA 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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