To strike out the resolution by the majority of the committee of elections that isaac g. Farlee is not entitled to a seat as a member of the house from new jers

On Mar 4, 1846, the House voted 76–112. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 76–41, Others 0–71. 41 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 76
No: 112
Did not vote: 49
Date: Mar 4, 1846

By party

Democrats76 yes · 41 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 71 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL voted no
Archibald Yell D-AR voted no
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
Thomas Smith D-IN voted no
Charles William Cathcart D-IN voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
Thomas Johns Perry D-MD voted no
William Fell Giles D-MD voted no
Leonard Henly Sims D-MO voted no
Sterling Price D-MO voted no
Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC voted no
Samuel Gordon D-NY voted no
Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted no
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted no
James John Faran D-OH voted no
Henry St. John D-OH voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
Owen D. Leib D-PA voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
Alvan Cullom D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted no
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
Henry Bedinger D-VA voted no
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
William Gay Brown D-VA 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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