To expunge from the journal of yesterday's session the whole proceedings relating to the call of the house so far as it referred to the overruling of the decisi

On Jul 8, 1846, the House voted 55–101. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 44–60, Others 11–41. 44 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 55
No: 101
Did not vote: 81
Date: Jul 8, 1846

By party

Democrats44 yes · 60 no · 45 didn’t vote
Others11 yes · 41 no · 36 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL voted yes
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted yes
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted yes
Thomas Smith D-IN voted yes
Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted yes
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted yes
Emile La Sére D-LA voted yes
John Henry Harmanson D-LA voted yes
William Fell Giles D-MD voted yes
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted yes
Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted yes
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
Hezekiah Williams D-ME voted yes
James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted yes
Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted yes
Henry Selby Clark D-NC voted yes
Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted yes
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
Samuel Gordon D-NY voted yes
John Francis Collin D-NY voted yes
Orville Hungerford D-NY voted yes
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted yes
Charles Goodyear 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
Martin Grover D-NY voted yes
Henry St. John D-OH voted yes
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted yes
George Fries D-OH voted yes
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted yes
Jacob Erdman D-PA voted yes
John Ritter D-PA voted yes
David Wilmot D-PA voted yes
James Black D-PA voted yes
William Swan Garvin D-PA voted yes
James Thompson D-PA voted yes
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted yes
Timothy Pilsbury D-TX voted yes
Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted yes
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted yes
Henry Bedinger 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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