House roll call 560 · 29th Congress · Feb 1, 1847
To amend a resolution relating to unpublished correspondence with general taylor by requesting the President to inform house if any agent was sent to havana, in
On Feb 1, 1847, the House voted 76–99. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–99, Others 72–0. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 76
- No
- 99
- Did not vote
- 62
- Date
- Feb 1, 1847
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 99 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Others72 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN voted yes
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted yes
- Samuel Gordon D-NY voted yes
- Armistead Burt D-SC voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- James Dixon O-CT
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- John Hardin Mchenry O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Joshua Fry Bell O-KY
- Bryan Rust Young O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Andrew Alkire Trumbo O-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- 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
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Graham O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- John Runk O-NJ
- William Starr Miller O-NY
- William W. Campbell O-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Erastus Dean Culver O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Abner Lewis O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- John Hoge Ewing O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Edwin Hickman Ewing O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Seaborn Jones D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- 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
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- John Preston Martin D-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
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- John Smith Chipman D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- Leonard Henly Sims D-MO
- William Mcdaniel D-MO
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- 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
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY
- John Francis Collin D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- Martin Grover D-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Erdman D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- Moses Mcclean D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
Did not vote
- Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- Washington Poe O-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- John Henry O-IL
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- Albert Constable D-MD
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Sterling Price D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC
- William Wright O-NJ
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY
- Henry John Seaman O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- John Hull Campbell O-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Barclay Martin D-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- William Marshall Tredway D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
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