To suspend the rules and offer a resolution instructing the committee on ways and means to report a bill providing for compensation of volunteers called out by

On Jul 13, 1846, the House voted 129–39. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 77–24, Others 52–15. 24 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 129
No: 39
Did not vote: 69
Date: Jul 13, 1846

By party

Democrats77 yes · 24 no · 48 didn’t vote
Others52 yes · 15 no · 21 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted no
David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
Henry Selby Clark D-NC voted no
Mace Moulton D-NH voted no
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
George Sykes D-NJ voted no
Samuel Gordon D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted no
Martin Grover D-NY voted no
William Sawyer D-OH voted no
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted no
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
Owen D. Leib D-PA voted no
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted no
Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted no
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted no
William Marshall Tredway D-VA voted no
Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
Henry Bedinger D-VA voted no
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and offer a resolution…: House Vote, Jul 13, 1846,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-H-357/to-suspend-the-rules-and-offer-a-resolution-instructing (accessed 2026-10-14).