House roll call 315 · 29th Congress · Jun 20, 1846
To pass a resolution authorizing the clerk of the house to cause to be distributed the 10th volume of the laws of the U.S. Provided that none be delivered to me
On Jun 20, 1846, the House voted 100–59. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 42–55, Others 58–4. 42 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 100
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Jun 20, 1846
By party
- Democrats42 yes · 55 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Others58 yes · 4 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Seaborn Jones D-GA voted yes
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted yes
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted yes
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted yes
- John Smith Chipman D-MI voted yes
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted yes
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC voted yes
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted yes
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Gordon D-NY voted yes
- John Francis Collin D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Russell D-NY voted yes
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted yes
- Preston King D-NY voted yes
- Orville Hungerford D-NY voted yes
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted yes
- Charles Goodyear D-NY voted yes
- Stephen Strong D-NY voted yes
- William Jervis Hough D-NY voted yes
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted yes
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY voted yes
- John De Mott D-NY voted yes
- James John Faran D-OH voted yes
- Francis Alanson Cunningham 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
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted yes
- Isaac Parrish D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Morris D-OH voted yes
- George Fries D-OH voted yes
- Owen D. Leib D-PA voted yes
- Moses Mcclean D-PA voted yes
- James Black D-PA voted yes
- William Swan Garvin D-PA voted yes
- James Augustus Black D-SC voted yes
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX voted yes
- James Mcdowell D-VA voted yes
- William Gay Brown D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- James Dixon O-CT
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Seaborn Jones D-GA
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- John Hardin Mchenry O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Joshua Fry Bell O-KY
- Bryan Rust Young O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Andrew Alkire Trumbo O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- John Smith Chipman D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Graham O-NC
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- John Runk O-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY
- Henry John Seaman O-NY
- William Starr Miller O-NY
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- William W. Campbell O-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- John Francis Collin D-NY
- Erastus Dean Culver O-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Abner Lewis O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- John Hull Campbell O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Moses Mcclean D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- John Hoge Ewing O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Edwin Hickman Ewing O-TN
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- Leonard Henly Sims D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- George Sykes D-NJ
- William Sawyer D-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Jacob Erdman D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Barclay Martin D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- William Marshall Tredway D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
Did not vote
- Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- Washington Poe O-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- John Henry O-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Preston Martin D-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- Albert Constable D-MD
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Sterling Price D-MO
- William Mcdaniel D-MO
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Henry Selby Clark D-NC
- Mace Moulton D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright O-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY
- Martin Grover D-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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