House roll call 286 · 30th Congress · Aug 10, 1848
To reconsider the vote refusing to print the communication of n.p. Trist relating to certain official acts of the President.
On Aug 10, 1848, the House voted 88–93. Result: failed. By party: Others 87–4, Democrats 0–89, Independents 1–0.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 88
- No
- 93
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- Aug 10, 1848
By party
- Others87 yes · 4 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 89 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Gayle O-AL
- James Dixon O-CT
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- John William Jones O-GA
- Abraham Lincoln O-IL
- Elisha Embree O-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Richard Wigginton Thompson O-IN
- Aylette Buckner O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Charles Slaughter Morehead O-KY
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- John Gorham Palfrey O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- James Dixon Roman O-MD
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Richard Spaight Donnell O-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- Amos Tuck I-NH
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- William Augustus Newell O-NJ
- John Van Dyke O-NJ
- Dudley Sanford Gregory O-NJ
- Frederick Augustus Tallmadge O-NY
- William Nelson O-NY
- Cornelius Warren O-NY
- Daniel Bennett St. John O-NY
- Eliakim Sherrill O-NY
- Peter Henry Silvester O-NY
- Gideon Reynolds O-NY
- Orlando Kellogg O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Joseph Mullin O-NY
- Daniel Gott O-NY
- Harmon Sweatland Conger O-NY
- William Thomas Lawrence O-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Robert Lawson Rose O-NY
- David Rumsey O-NY
- Dudley Marvin O-NY
- Nathan Kelsey Hall O-NY
- Harvey Putnam O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- David Fisher O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Richard Sprigg Canby O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Thomas Owen Edwards O-OH
- Daniel Duncan O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Nathan Evans O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John Freedley O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- Chester Pierce Butler O-PA
- George Nicholas Eckert O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Jasper Ewing Brady O-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Moses Hampton O-PA
- John Wilson Farrelly O-PA
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- Washington Barrow O-TN
- William T. Haskell O-TN
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- William Ballard Preston O-VA
- William Henry O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Thompson D-IA
- Robert Smith O-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Thomas Johnston Turner D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- John Larne Robinson D-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- William Rockhill D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Beverly Leonidas Clarke D-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- David Hammons D-ME
- Franklin Clark D-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Willard Preble Hall D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- Frederick William Lord D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Henry Nicoll D-NY
- George Petrie O-NY
- George Anson Starkweather D-NY
- Ausburn Birdsall D-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Rodolphus Dickinson D-OH
- Jonathan David Morris D-OH
- John Krepps Miller D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- William Kennon Jr. D-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- Charles Brown D-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- William Strong D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Job Mann D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White Hill D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Robert Augustine Thompson D-VA
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT
- Mason Cook Darling D-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
Did not vote
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- William Garnett Duncan O-KY
- John Pollard Gaines O-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Horace Mann O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Asa William Henry Clapp D-ME
- Hiram Belcher O-ME
- Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME
- James Sullivan Wiley D-ME
- John Jameson D-MO
- Patrick Watson Tompkins O-MS
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- James Wilson O-NH
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- David Sherwood Jackson D-NY
- Horace Greeley O-NY
- John I. Slingerland O-NY
- Sidney Lawrence D-NY
- William Collins D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- William Duer O-NY
- Esbon Blackmar O-NY
- John Milton Holley O-NY
- Samuel Lahm D-OH
- John Crowell O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- John Westbrook Hornbeck O-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Alexander Irvin O-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Thomas Stanhope Flournoy O-VA
- John Minor Botts O-VA
- Andrew Steele Fulton O-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
Other votes
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