House roll call 448 · 29th Congress · Aug 8, 1846
To reconsider the vote agreeing to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 50 which fixes rates for mileage to the members of Congress.
On Aug 8, 1846, the House voted 83–60 (HR 50). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 47–47, Others 36–13. 47 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 83
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 94
- Date
- Aug 8, 1846
By party
- Democrats47 yes · 47 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Others36 yes · 13 no · 39 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Winter Payne D-AL voted no
- Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
- William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL voted no
- Seaborn Jones D-GA voted no
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
- John Wentworth D-IL voted no
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted no
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
- Emile La Sére D-LA voted no
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA voted no
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted no
- William Fell Giles D-MD voted no
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted no
- John Smith Chipman D-MI voted no
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Leonard Henly Sims D-MO voted no
- Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- George Sykes D-NJ voted no
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted no
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- William W. Woodworth D-NY voted no
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
- William Jervis Hough D-NY voted no
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted no
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC voted no
- Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted no
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX voted no
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX voted no
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted no
- Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted no
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Joshua Fry Bell O-KY
- Bryan Rust Young O-KY
- John Preston Martin D-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Andrew Alkire Trumbo O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- James Graham O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Henry Selby Clark D-NC
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- Mace Moulton D-NH
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- John Runk O-NJ
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY
- Henry John Seaman O-NY
- William Starr Miller 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
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Martin Grover D-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John Hull Campbell O-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Moses Mcclean D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- John Hoge Ewing O-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL
- Seaborn Jones D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- John Hardin Mchenry O-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- John Smith Chipman D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Leonard Henly Sims D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- Abner Lewis O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Did not vote
- Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- James Dixon O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- Washington Poe O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- John Henry O-IL
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- Albert Constable D-MD
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- Sterling Price D-MO
- William Mcdaniel D-MO
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Erastus Dean Culver O-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- John Hervey Crozier O-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
- William Marshall Tredway D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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