To elect a chaplain of the house, sprole is coded 1, dewey is coded 2, tinsley is coded 5, taylor is coded 6, other candidates are coded 8.

On Dec 17, 1846, the House voted 74–14. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 81–28, Others 46–9. 28 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 74
No: 14
Did not vote: 73
Date: Dec 17, 1846

By party

Democrats81 yes · 28 no · 40 didn’t vote
Others46 yes · 9 no · 33 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL voted no
William Winter Payne D-AL voted no
Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL voted no
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
John Preston Martin D-KY voted no
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
Thomas Johns Perry D-MD voted no
Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted no
David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
George Sykes D-NJ voted no
Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted no
Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted no
John D. Cummins D-OH voted no
David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted no
Moses Mcclean D-PA voted no
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
William Swan Garvin D-PA voted no
Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC voted no
Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN voted no
William Marshall Tredway D-VA voted no
Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted no
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
Joseph Johnson 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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