To order a call of the house during debate on a resolution to repeal so much of the 41st rule as permits any member rrquesting to be excused from voting to make

On Jan 2, 1847, the House voted 36–110. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 32–57, Others 4–53. 32 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 36
No: 110
Did not vote: 91
Date: Jan 2, 1847

By party

Democrats32 yes · 57 no · 60 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 53 no · 31 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Winter Payne D-AL voted yes
George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
Howell Cobb D-GA voted yes
Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA voted yes
Robert Smith D-IL voted yes
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted yes
John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted yes
Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted yes
Thomas Johns Perry D-MD voted yes
Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD voted yes
John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted yes
James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted yes
James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted yes
Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted yes
Mace Moulton D-NH voted yes
Samuel Gordon D-NY voted yes
Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted yes
Charles Goodyear D-NY voted yes
William Jervis Hough D-NY voted yes
Horace Wheaton D-NY voted yes
William Sawyer D-OH voted yes
John D. Cummins D-OH voted yes
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted yes
Jacob Erdman D-PA voted yes
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
James Black D-PA voted yes
James Augustus Black D-SC voted yes
William Marshall Tredway 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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Capitol Receipts, “To order a call of the house during debate…: House Vote, Jan 2, 1847,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-H-479/to-order-a-call-of-the-house-during-debate (accessed 2026-10-17).