House roll call 38 · 29th Congress · Jan 13, 1846
To pass a resolution directing the clerk to procure 5000 extra copies of fremont's report, for use of the members of the house, if they can be procured without
On Jan 13, 1846, the House voted 80–97. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–86, Others 56–11. 24 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 80
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 60
- Date
- Jan 13, 1846
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 86 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Others56 yes · 11 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted yes
- William Watson Wick D-IN voted yes
- John Preston Martin D-KY voted yes
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted yes
- George Sykes D-NJ voted yes
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted yes
- John Francis Collin D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Russell D-NY voted yes
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted yes
- William Jervis Hough D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY voted yes
- John De Mott D-NY voted yes
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH voted yes
- William Sawyer D-OH voted yes
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH voted yes
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- David Wilmot D-PA voted yes
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
- William Gay Brown D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Dixon O-CT
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- John Hardin Mchenry O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Bryan Rust Young O-KY
- John Preston Martin D-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Andrew Alkire Trumbo O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- 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
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- John Runk O-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Henry John Seaman O-NY
- William Starr Miller O-NY
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- William W. Campbell O-NY
- John Francis Collin D-NY
- Erastus Dean Culver O-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Hoge Ewing O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- William Gay Brown D-VA
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Joshua Fry Bell O-KY
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- John Smith Chipman D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- Leonard Henly Sims D-MO
- Sterling Price D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- James Graham O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Henry Selby Clark D-NC
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- Mace Moulton D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Martin Grover D-NY
- Abner Lewis O-NY
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Jacob Erdman D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- Moses Mcclean D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Barclay Martin D-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Edwin Hickman Ewing O-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- Milton Brown O-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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL
- Seaborn Jones D-GA
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- Washington Poe O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- John Henry O-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD
- Albert Constable D-MD
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Mcdaniel D-MO
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John Hull Campbell O-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
Other votes
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