To pass a resolution that is inexpedient to levy any duty on tea and coffee. (p. 102)

On Jan 2, 1847, the House voted 115–48. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 53–46, Others 62–2. 46 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 115
No: 48
Did not vote: 74
Date: Jan 2, 1847

By party

Democrats53 yes · 46 no · 50 didn’t vote
Others62 yes · 2 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL voted no
James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL voted no
William Winter Payne D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
Emile La Sére D-LA voted no
John Henry Harmanson D-LA voted no
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted no
Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD voted no
William Fell Giles D-MD voted no
James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted no
Leonard Henly Sims D-MO voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted no
David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
Henry Selby Clark D-NC voted no
Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
John Watson Lawrence D-NY voted no
Samuel Gordon D-NY voted no
John Francis Collin D-NY voted no
Charles Goodyear D-NY voted no
Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH voted no
Isaac Parrish D-OH voted no
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
Alvan Cullom D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Barclay Martin D-TN voted no
Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
William Marshall Tredway D-VA voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
William Gay Brown 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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