To order a call of the house, during debate on H.R. 635 (3-3-47), a bill making appropriation for the post office for fiscal 1848. (p. 510-1)

On Feb 25, 1847, the House voted 74–76. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 48–41, Others 26–35. 41 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 74
No: 76
Did not vote: 87
Date: Feb 25, 1847

By party

Democrats48 yes · 41 no · 60 didn’t vote
Others26 yes · 35 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Smith D-IL voted no
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
Thomas Smith D-IN voted no
William Fell Giles D-MD voted no
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
Leonard Henly Sims D-MO voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted no
Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC voted no
Henry Selby Clark D-NC voted no
Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Orville Hungerford D-NY voted no
Horace Wheaton D-NY voted no
Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY voted no
James John Faran D-OH voted no
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
Isaac Parrish D-OH voted no
David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted no
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted no
John Ritter D-PA voted no
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
James Augustus Black D-SC voted no
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
Alvan Cullom D-TN voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted no
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted no
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
James Mcdowell D-VA voted no
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Joseph Johnson D-VA 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 order a call of the house, during debate…: House Vote, Feb 25, 1847,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-H-599/to-order-a-call-of-the-house-during-debate (accessed 2026-10-17).