House roll call 5 · 30th Congress · Dec 7, 1847
To table resolution concerning the choice of seats in this house session.
On Dec 7, 1847, the House voted 77–138. Result: failed. By party: Others 49–64, Democrats 28–73, Independents 0–1. 28 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 77
- No
- 138
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Dec 7, 1847
By party
- Others49 yes · 64 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 73 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
- William Thompson D-IA voted yes
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Johnston Turner D-IL voted yes
- William Watson Wick D-IN voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted yes
- Richard French D-KY voted yes
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- John Jameson D-MO voted yes
- Willard Preble Hall D-MO voted yes
- Jacob Thompson D-MS voted yes
- Sidney Lawrence D-NY voted yes
- William Sawyer D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH voted yes
- William Kennon Jr. D-OH voted yes
- George Fries D-OH voted yes
- William Strong D-PA voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Job Mann D-PA voted yes
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- James Houston Thomas D-TN voted yes
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
- Henry Bedinger D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Gayle O-AL
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John William Jones O-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- William Thompson D-IA
- Robert Smith O-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Johnston Turner D-IL
- Elisha Embree O-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Richard Wigginton Thompson O-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Hiram Belcher O-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- John Jameson D-MO
- Willard Preble Hall D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Patrick Watson Tompkins O-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Richard Spaight Donnell O-NC
- William Augustus Newell O-NJ
- Dudley Sanford Gregory O-NJ
- William Nelson O-NY
- Peter Henry Silvester O-NY
- Gideon Reynolds O-NY
- Orlando Kellogg O-NY
- Sidney Lawrence D-NY
- Joseph Mullin O-NY
- William Duer O-NY
- Harmon Sweatland Conger O-NY
- William Thomas Lawrence O-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Nathan Kelsey Hall O-NY
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- William Kennon Jr. D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- William Strong D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Chester Pierce Butler O-PA
- George Nicholas Eckert O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Jasper Ewing Brady O-PA
- Job Mann D-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- John Wilson Farrelly O-PA
- Alexander Irvin O-PA
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- Washington Barrow O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Minor Botts O-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-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
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- James Dixon O-CT
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Abraham Lincoln O-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- John Larne Robinson D-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- William Rockhill D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Beverly Leonidas Clarke D-KY
- Aylette Buckner O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- William Garnett Duncan O-KY
- Charles Slaughter Morehead O-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- John Gorham Palfrey O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- James Dixon Roman O-MD
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- David Hammons D-ME
- Asa William Henry Clapp D-ME
- Franklin Clark D-ME
- Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME
- James Sullivan Wiley D-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- Amos Tuck I-NH
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- John Van Dyke O-NJ
- Frederick William Lord D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Henry Nicoll D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Tallmadge O-NY
- David Sherwood Jackson D-NY
- Cornelius Warren O-NY
- Daniel Bennett St. John O-NY
- Eliakim Sherrill O-NY
- John I. Slingerland O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- George Petrie O-NY
- William Collins D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- George Anson Starkweather D-NY
- Ausburn Birdsall D-NY
- Daniel Gott O-NY
- Robert Lawson Rose O-NY
- David Rumsey O-NY
- Dudley Marvin O-NY
- Harvey Putnam O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- David Fisher O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Richard Sprigg Canby O-OH
- Rodolphus Dickinson D-OH
- Jonathan David Morris D-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Thomas Owen Edwards O-OH
- Daniel Duncan O-OH
- John Krepps Miller D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Nathan Evans O-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- Samuel Lahm D-OH
- John Crowell O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Brown D-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- John Freedley O-PA
- John Westbrook Hornbeck O-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Moses Hampton O-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White Hill D-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- William T. Haskell O-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA
- Thomas Stanhope Flournoy O-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- William Ballard Preston O-VA
- Andrew Steele Fulton O-VA
- Robert Augustine Thompson D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT
Did not vote
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Pollard Gaines O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Horace Mann O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- James Wilson O-NH
- Horace Greeley O-NY
- Esbon Blackmar O-NY
- John Milton Holley O-NY
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Mason Cook Darling D-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
Other votes
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