To elect a speaker. Votes for robert winthrop are coded 1, for linn boyd, 2, for MC clelland, 5, for MC clernand, 6, for others, 8.

On Dec 6, 1847, the House voted 108–11. Result: passed. By party: Others 110–0, Democrats 59–34. 34 members voted against their own party.

During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.

Yes: 108
No: 11
Did not vote: 33
Date: Dec 6, 1847

By party

Others110 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
Democrats59 yes · 34 no · 20 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Thompson D-IA voted no
Shepherd Leffler D-IA voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
Charles William Cathcart D-IN voted no
Emile La Sére D-LA voted no
Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD voted no
David Hammons D-ME voted no
Asa William Henry Clapp D-ME voted no
Franklin Clark D-ME voted no
Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME voted no
James Sullivan Wiley D-ME voted no
Hezekiah Williams D-ME voted no
Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI voted no
James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH voted no
James Hutchins Johnson D-NH voted no
Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted no
Henry Nicoll D-NY voted no
William Collins D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
George Anson Starkweather D-NY voted no
William Sawyer D-OH voted no
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
David Wilmot D-PA voted no
James Thompson D-PA voted no
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted no
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
Richard Kidder Meade D-VA voted no
Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT 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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