To amend a resolution providing that debate on rivers and horbors appropriation bill shall cease on tuesday of next, week, by changing the day to friday, thereb

On Mar 10, 1846, the House voted 59–111. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 58–51, Others 1–60. 51 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 59
No: 111
Did not vote: 67
Date: Mar 10, 1846

By party

Democrats58 yes · 51 no · 40 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 60 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL voted no
William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted no
Robert Smith D-IL voted no
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted no
William Watson Wick D-IN voted no
Charles William Cathcart D-IN voted no
Emile La Sére D-LA voted no
John Henry Harmanson D-LA voted no
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted no
Thomas Johns Perry D-MD voted no
William Fell Giles D-MD voted no
John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted no
Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted no
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted no
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
George Sykes D-NJ voted no
William W. Woodworth D-NY voted no
Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY voted no
Samuel Gordon D-NY voted no
Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted no
Joseph Russell D-NY voted no
Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
Charles Goodyear D-NY voted no
William Jervis Hough D-NY voted no
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted no
John De Mott D-NY voted no
Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH voted no
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
John D. Cummins D-OH voted no
George Fries D-OH voted no
David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted no
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
Owen D. Leib D-PA voted no
James Black D-PA voted no
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
William Marshall Tredway D-VA voted no
Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted no
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
Henry Bedinger D-VA voted no
James Mcdowell 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend a resolution providing that debate…: House Vote, Mar 10, 1846,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-H-96/to-amend-a-resolution-providing-that-debate-on-rivers (accessed 2026-10-16).