To concur in a Senate amendment to H.R. 599, providing for the purchase of the bridges across the eastern branch of the potomac river. (p. 569-2)

On Mar 2, 1847, the House voted 68–80 (HR 599). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–74, Others 50–6. 18 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 68
No: 80
Did not vote: 89
Date: Mar 2, 1847

By party

Democrats18 yes · 74 no · 57 didn’t vote
Others50 yes · 6 no · 32 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Johns Perry D-MD voted yes
Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD voted yes
William Fell Giles D-MD voted yes
John Dennis Mccrate D-ME voted yes
George Sykes D-NJ voted yes
Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted yes
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted yes
David Wilmot D-PA voted yes
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
James Thompson D-PA voted yes
James Augustus Black D-SC voted yes
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted yes
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted yes
Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted yes
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted yes
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted yes
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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