To table H.R. 534a, appropriating an additional $2,000,000 for defraying any extraordinary expense which may be encurred in intercourse between U.S. And any for

On Aug 8, 1846, the House voted 79–93. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 60–51, Others 19–42. 51 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 79
No: 93
Did not vote: 65
Date: Aug 8, 1846

By party

Democrats60 yes · 51 no · 38 didn’t vote
Others19 yes · 42 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Wentworth D-IL voted no
Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted no
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted no
John Dennis Mccrate D-ME voted no
Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted no
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
Hezekiah Williams D-ME voted no
Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted no
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
James Hutchins Johnson D-NH voted no
Mace Moulton D-NH 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
Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY voted no
William W. Woodworth D-NY voted no
Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY voted no
Samuel Gordon D-NY voted no
John Francis Collin D-NY voted no
Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted no
Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
Stephen Strong D-NY voted no
William Jervis Hough D-NY voted no
Horace Wheaton D-NY voted no
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted no
Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY voted no
Martin Grover D-NY voted no
James John Faran D-OH voted no
Henry St. John D-OH voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted no
Joseph Morris D-OH voted no
John D. Cummins D-OH voted no
George Fries D-OH voted no
David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted no
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted no
Jacob Erdman 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 Black D-PA voted no
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
William Swan Garvin D-PA voted no
James Thompson D-PA 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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