To agree to an amendment to H.R. 50 which strikes appropriations to be paid out of the patent fund, for collection of agricultural statistics.

On Aug 8, 1846, the House voted 62–81 (HR 50). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 55–43, Others 7–38. 43 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 62
No: 81
Did not vote: 94
Date: Aug 8, 1846

By party

Democrats55 yes · 43 no · 51 didn’t vote
Others7 yes · 38 no · 43 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA voted no
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
William Watson Wick D-IN voted no
John Pettit D-IN voted no
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
Thomas Johns Perry D-MD voted no
John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted no
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted no
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
Hezekiah Williams D-ME voted no
Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Henry Selby Clark D-NC voted no
James Hutchins Johnson D-NH voted no
Mace Moulton D-NH voted no
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted no
John Watson Lawrence D-NY voted no
William W. Woodworth D-NY voted no
Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
Stephen Strong D-NY voted no
William Jervis Hough D-NY voted no
James John Faran D-OH voted no
Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH voted no
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted no
Joseph Morris D-OH voted no
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted no
John Ritter D-PA voted no
Owen D. Leib D-PA voted no
David Wilmot D-PA voted no
Moses Mcclean D-PA voted no
James Thompson D-PA voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted no
Henry Bedinger D-VA voted no
James Mcdowell 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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