To table H.R. 622. (p. 425-2)

On Feb 15, 1847, the House voted 98–123 (HR 622). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 72–67, Others 26–56. 67 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 98
No: 123
Did not vote: 16
Date: Feb 15, 1847

By party

Democrats72 yes · 67 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others26 yes · 56 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA voted no
Shepherd Leffler D-IA voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
Thomas Smith D-IN voted no
William Watson Wick D-IN voted no
John Pettit D-IN voted no
Charles William Cathcart D-IN voted no
Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted no
John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted no
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted no
John Dennis Mccrate D-ME voted no
Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted no
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
Hezekiah Williams D-ME voted no
Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted no
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
James Hutchins Johnson D-NH voted no
Mace Moulton D-NH voted no
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
George Sykes D-NJ voted no
Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted no
John Watson Lawrence D-NY voted no
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY voted no
William W. Woodworth D-NY voted no
Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY voted no
Samuel Gordon D-NY voted no
John Francis Collin D-NY voted no
Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted no
Joseph Russell D-NY voted no
Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Orville Hungerford D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
Charles Goodyear D-NY voted no
Stephen Strong D-NY voted no
William Jervis Hough D-NY voted no
Horace Wheaton D-NY voted no
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted no
Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY voted no
John De Mott D-NY voted no
Martin Grover D-NY voted no
James John Faran D-OH voted no
Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH voted no
William Sawyer D-OH voted no
Henry St. John D-OH voted no
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH voted no
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted no
Joseph Morris D-OH voted no
John D. Cummins D-OH voted no
George Fries D-OH voted no
David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted no
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted no
Jacob Erdman D-PA voted no
John Ritter D-PA voted no
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
David Wilmot D-PA voted no
Moses Mcclean D-PA voted no
James Black D-PA voted no
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
James Thompson D-PA voted no
Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table H.R. 622. (p. 425-2): House Vote, Feb 15, 1847,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-H-581/to-table-h-r-622-p-425-2 (accessed 2026-10-16).