To amend H.R. 665, a bill supplying deficiencies in appropriations for 1849, by providing a clerk to the sergeant-at-arms at $4 per day.

On Jan 2, 1849, the House voted 89–73 (HR 665). Result: passed. By party: Others 62–20, Democrats 26–53, Independents 1–0. 26 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 89
No: 73
Did not vote: 74
Date: Jan 2, 1849

By party

Others62 yes · 20 no · 40 didn’t vote
Democrats26 yes · 53 no · 34 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted yes
Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
William Thompson D-IA voted yes
Shepherd Leffler D-IA voted yes
William Watson Wick D-IN voted yes
John Pettit D-IN voted yes
Emile La Sére D-LA voted yes
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted yes
Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD voted yes
David Hammons D-ME voted yes
Asa William Henry Clapp D-ME voted yes
James Sullivan Wiley D-ME voted yes
Hezekiah Williams D-ME voted yes
Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
John Jameson D-MO voted yes
Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY voted yes
Samuel Lahm D-OH voted yes
Charles Brown D-PA voted yes
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted yes
Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted yes
William Strong D-PA voted yes
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
David Spangler Kaufman D-TX voted yes
Timothy Pilsbury D-TX voted yes
Robert Augustine Thompson D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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