House roll call 94 · 30th Congress · Mar 20, 1848
To suspend rules in order to consider the resolution requesting the President to inform the house why the information on certain requested correspondances on TH
On Mar 20, 1848, the House voted 84–84. Result: failed. By party: Others 83–1, Democrats 0–83, Independents 1–0.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 84
- No
- 84
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Mar 20, 1848
By party
- Others83 yes · 1 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 83 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- John William Jones O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Abraham Lincoln O-IL
- Elisha Embree O-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Richard Wigginton Thompson O-IN
- Aylette Buckner O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Charles Slaughter Morehead O-KY
- John Pollard Gaines O-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- John Gorham Palfrey O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- James Dixon Roman O-MD
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Patrick Watson Tompkins O-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Richard Spaight Donnell O-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- Amos Tuck I-NH
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- Dudley Sanford Gregory O-NJ
- Frederick Augustus Tallmadge O-NY
- William Nelson O-NY
- Daniel Bennett St. John O-NY
- Gideon Reynolds O-NY
- John I. Slingerland 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
- 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
- Richard Sprigg Canby O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Thomas Owen Edwards O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Nathan Evans O-OH
- John Crowell O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- Chester Pierce Butler O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- George Nicholas Eckert O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Jasper Ewing Brady O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Moses Hampton O-PA
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Washington Barrow O-TN
- William T. Haskell O-TN
- Thomas Stanhope Flournoy O-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- William Ballard Preston O-VA
- Andrew Steele Fulton O-VA
- William Henry O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- William Thompson D-IA
- Robert Smith O-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson 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
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Franklin Clark D-ME
- Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME
- James Sullivan Wiley D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Charles Edward Stuart 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
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- Frederick William Lord D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- David Sherwood Jackson D-NY
- Sidney Lawrence D-NY
- William Collins D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-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
- Samuel Lahm D-OH
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- William Strong D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Job Mann D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White Hill D-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- Robert Augustine Thompson D-VA
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT
Did not vote
- John Gayle O-AL
- James Dixon O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- William Garnett Duncan O-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Horace Mann O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- David Hammons D-ME
- Asa William Henry Clapp D-ME
- Hiram Belcher O-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI
- John Jameson D-MO
- James Wilson O-NH
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- William Augustus Newell O-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- John Van Dyke O-NJ
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Henry Nicoll D-NY
- Horace Greeley O-NY
- Cornelius Warren O-NY
- Eliakim Sherrill O-NY
- Peter Henry Silvester O-NY
- George Petrie O-NY
- William Duer O-NY
- Esbon Blackmar O-NY
- John Milton Holley O-NY
- Robert Lawson Rose O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Daniel Duncan O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Charles Brown D-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- John Freedley O-PA
- John Westbrook Hornbeck O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- John Wilson Farrelly O-PA
- Alexander Irvin O-PA
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA
- John Minor Botts O-VA
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Mason Cook Darling D-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
Other votes
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