House roll call 598 · 29th Congress · Feb 24, 1847
To pass a resolution directing the clerk of the house to purchase 500 of disturnell's map of mexico, and 2000 copies of topographical map of the road from misso
On Feb 24, 1847, the House voted 71–96. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–81, Others 44–15. 27 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 71
- No
- 96
- Did not vote
- 70
- Date
- Feb 24, 1847
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 81 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Others44 yes · 15 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD voted yes
- William Fell Giles D-MD voted yes
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- William Mcdaniel D-MO voted yes
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted yes
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY voted yes
- William W. Woodworth D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Gordon D-NY voted yes
- John Francis Collin D-NY voted yes
- Preston King D-NY voted yes
- William Jervis Hough D-NY voted yes
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY voted yes
- John De Mott D-NY voted yes
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH voted yes
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted yes
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted yes
- Moses Mcclean D-PA voted yes
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted yes
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted yes
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted yes
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Joshua Fry Bell O-KY
- Bryan Rust Young O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Andrew Alkire Trumbo O-KY
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Mcdaniel D-MO
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- John Runk O-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY
- Henry John Seaman O-NY
- William Starr Miller O-NY
- William W. Campbell O-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- John Francis Collin D-NY
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Abner Lewis O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Hull Campbell O-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Moses Mcclean D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- John Henry O-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- John Preston Martin D-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- Luther Severance O-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
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- James Graham O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Henry Selby Clark D-NC
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- Mace Moulton D-NH
- George Sykes D-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Martin Grover D-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Erdman D-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- John Hoge Ewing O-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- 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
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- William Marshall Tredway D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
Did not vote
- Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- James Dixon O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- 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
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Hardin Mchenry O-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- Albert Constable D-MD
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Sterling Price D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY
- Erastus Dean Culver O-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Edwin Hickman Ewing O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Other votes
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