House roll call 608 · 29th Congress · Feb 27, 1847
To agree to a substitute to H.R. 671, which substitute would increase duty on specified imports, but would omit the section dealing with sale of public lands.
On Feb 27, 1847, the House voted 106–104 (HR 671). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–104, Others 76–0. 30 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 106
- No
- 104
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 27, 1847
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 104 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others76 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD voted yes
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted yes
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted yes
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME voted yes
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME voted yes
- George Sykes D-NJ voted yes
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted yes
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY voted yes
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Russell D-NY voted yes
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted yes
- Preston King D-NY voted yes
- Orville Hungerford D-NY voted yes
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted yes
- Charles Goodyear D-NY voted yes
- Horace Wheaton 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
- Martin Grover D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted yes
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted yes
- John D. Cummins D-OH voted yes
- David Wilmot D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- 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
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- John Henry O-IL
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- John Hardin Mchenry 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
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- James Graham O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- John Runk O-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Henry John Seaman O-NY
- William Starr Miller O-NY
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- William W. Campbell O-NY
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Martin Grover D-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
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John Hull Campbell O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- John Hoge Ewing O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Edwin Hickman Ewing O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- 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
- 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- Charles William Cathcart 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 Watkins Ligon D-MD
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- 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
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Cochrane Dobbin 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 Watson Lawrence D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- John Francis Collin D-NY
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Jacob Erdman D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Moses Mcclean D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Barclay Martin D-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Timothy Pilsbury 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
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
Did not vote
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Washington Poe O-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Albert Constable D-MD
- Sterling Price D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Erastus Dean Culver O-NY
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
Other votes
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