To agree to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 50, fixing mileage rates for members of Congress.

On Aug 8, 1846, the House voted 54–100 (HR 50). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 44–58, Others 10–42. 44 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 54
No: 100
Did not vote: 83
Date: Aug 8, 1846

By party

Democrats44 yes · 58 no · 47 didn’t vote
Others10 yes · 42 no · 36 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Winter Payne D-AL voted yes
Reuben Chapman D-AL voted yes
William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL voted yes
Seaborn Jones D-GA voted yes
George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA voted yes
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted yes
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted yes
John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted yes
Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted yes
John Pettit D-IN voted yes
Linn Boyd D-KY voted yes
Emile La Sére D-LA voted yes
John Henry Harmanson D-LA voted yes
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted yes
William Fell Giles D-MD voted yes
John Smith Chipman D-MI voted yes
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted yes
James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted yes
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
Leonard Henly Sims D-MO voted yes
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted yes
Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted yes
Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
George Sykes D-NJ voted yes
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted yes
William Jervis Hough D-NY voted yes
Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY voted yes
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted yes
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted yes
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted yes
Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC voted yes
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted yes
Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN voted yes
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
David Spangler Kaufman D-TX voted yes
Timothy Pilsbury D-TX voted yes
Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted yes
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted yes
Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted yes
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted yes
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter 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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