To adjourn, during debate on H.R. 576. (p. 160)

On Jan 9, 1847, the House voted 89–119. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 89–39, Others 0–80. 39 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 89
No: 119
Did not vote: 29
Date: Jan 9, 1847

By party

Democrats89 yes · 39 no · 21 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 80 no · 8 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL voted no
Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
Robert Smith D-IL voted no
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD voted no
Albert Constable D-MD voted no
John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted no
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
John Watson Lawrence D-NY voted no
Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY voted no
Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
Horace Wheaton D-NY voted no
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted no
Martin Grover D-NY voted no
William Sawyer D-OH voted no
Owen D. Leib D-PA voted no
David Wilmot D-PA voted no
James Augustus Black D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
Alvan Cullom D-TN voted no
Timothy Pilsbury D-TX voted no
Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted no
William Marshall Tredway D-VA voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard 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
Augustus Alexandria Chapman 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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