To amend a resolution providing for assignment by lot of seats to members for the second session, by providing that the selection of seats made in the first ses

On Dec 7, 1846, the House voted 73–114. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 47–67, Others 26–47. 47 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 73
No: 114
Did not vote: 50
Date: Dec 7, 1846

By party

Democrats47 yes · 67 no · 35 didn’t vote
Others26 yes · 47 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL voted yes
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted yes
William Watson Wick D-IN voted yes
John Pettit D-IN voted yes
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted yes
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted yes
Thomas Johns Perry D-MD voted yes
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
Hezekiah Williams D-ME voted yes
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted yes
James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted yes
James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted yes
David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted yes
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted yes
Asa Biggs D-NC voted yes
James Hutchins Johnson D-NH voted yes
Mace Moulton D-NH voted yes
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
William W. Woodworth D-NY voted yes
Samuel Gordon D-NY voted yes
Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted yes
Preston King D-NY voted yes
Orville Hungerford D-NY voted yes
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted yes
Horace Wheaton D-NY voted yes
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted yes
James John Faran D-OH voted yes
Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH voted yes
Henry St. John D-OH voted yes
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted yes
Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH voted yes
Joseph Morris D-OH voted yes
John D. Cummins D-OH voted yes
David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted yes
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted yes
Jacob Erdman D-PA voted yes
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
James Black D-PA voted yes
George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted yes
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted yes
Joseph Johnson D-VA voted yes
William Gay Brown D-VA voted yes
Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend a resolution providing for…: House Vote, Dec 7, 1846,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-H-464/to-amend-a-resolution-providing-for-assignment-by-lot (accessed 2026-10-15).