To table the resolution providing for the extra compensation paid to persons employed around capitol to be made from contingent fund at close of session.

On Aug 7, 1848, the House voted 54–122. Result: failed. By party: Others 12–79, Democrats 42–42, Independents 0–1. 42 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 54
No: 122
Did not vote: 60
Date: Aug 7, 1848

By party

Others12 yes · 79 no · 31 didn’t vote
Democrats42 yes · 42 no · 29 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Samuel Williams Inge D-AL voted no
Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL voted no
Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
William Thompson D-IA voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
Thomas Johnston Turner D-IL voted no
John Pettit D-IN voted no
Charles William Cathcart D-IN voted no
William Rockhill D-IN voted no
Beverly Leonidas Clarke D-KY voted no
Emile La Sére D-LA voted no
Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD voted no
Robert Milligan Mclane 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
James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH voted no
Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted no
Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY voted no
Henry Nicoll D-NY voted no
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
George Anson Starkweather D-NY voted no
Ausburn Birdsall D-NY voted no
Rodolphus Dickinson D-OH voted no
John D. Cummins D-OH voted no
George Fries D-OH voted no
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
David Wilmot D-PA voted no
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
David Spangler Kaufman D-TX voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
William Gay Brown D-VA voted no
Mason Cook Darling D-WI voted no
William Pitt Lynde D-WI 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 table the resolution providing for the…: House Vote, Aug 7, 1848,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/30-H-264/to-table-the-resolution-providing-for-the-extra-compensation (accessed 2026-10-15).