House roll call 502 · 29th Congress · Jan 20, 1847
To pass H.R. 603, to amend and continue in force the act to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of washington. (p. 217)
On Jan 20, 1847, the House voted 135–34 (HR 603). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 118–0, Others 17–34.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 135
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Jan 20, 1847
By party
- Democrats118 yes · 0 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 34 no · 37 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL
- Seaborn Jones D-GA
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Bryan Rust Young O-KY
- John Preston Martin D-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Andrew Alkire Trumbo O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- John Smith Chipman D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Leonard Henly Sims D-MO
- William Mcdaniel D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Henry Selby Clark D-NC
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- Mace Moulton D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Runk O-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- John Francis Collin D-NY
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Martin Grover D-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Jacob Erdman D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Moses Mcclean D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Barclay Martin D-TN
- Edwin Hickman Ewing O-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- William Marshall Tredway D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- John Hardin Mchenry O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- Henry John Seaman O-NY
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Erastus Dean Culver O-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Abner Lewis O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- John Hoge Ewing O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Did not vote
- Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- James Dixon O-CT
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Washington Poe O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- John Henry O-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Joshua Fry Bell O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- Albert Constable D-MD
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME
- Sterling Price D-MO
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- James Graham O-NC
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- William Starr Miller O-NY
- William W. Campbell O-NY
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- John Hull Campbell O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To pass H.R. 603, to amend and continue in…: House Vote, Jan 20, 1847,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-H-502/to-pass-h-r-603-to-amend-and-continue (accessed 2026-10-17).