House roll call 7 · 29th Congress · Dec 3, 1845
To elect a postmanster. Votes for j. M. Johnson are coded 1, for w. J. MC cormick are coded 2,. Votes for others are coded 8.
On Dec 3, 1845, the House voted 102–0. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 97–0, Others 76–0.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 102
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 64
- Date
- Dec 3, 1845
By party
- Democrats97 yes · 0 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Others76 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Archibald Yell D-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
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- John Hardin Mchenry O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Joshua Fry Bell O-KY
- Bryan Rust Young O-KY
- John Preston Martin D-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Andrew Alkire Trumbo O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-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
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- Albert Constable D-MD
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- John Smith Chipman D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- James Graham O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- 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
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- 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 Brown Maclay D-NY
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- William W. Campbell O-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- John Francis Collin D-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Erastus Dean Culver O-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
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Martin Grover D-NY
- Abner Lewis O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- John Hull Campbell O-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Moses Mcclean D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Hoge Ewing O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson 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
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL
- Seaborn Jones D-GA
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- Washington Poe O-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
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- John Henry O-IL
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Leonard Henly Sims D-MO
- Sterling Price D-MO
- William Mcdaniel D-MO
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Barclay Martin D-TN
- Edwin Hickman Ewing O-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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