Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-12-19
uorsE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
,t,,Jou Dsrembcr I6. lS39.

rM onesl ia state to the House that he desired that
his name might be withdrawn from the can"ass'
The House then proceeded 10 vote for Speaker ana
the results were as follows:
SEVENTH BALLOT.
Far LARK BrIL-aiessrs. Adams, s. II Anderson
/. " Andrews. Biddlc Bond, Bolts, Briggs, bfocA-
way. H. Brown, Calhoun, ". b. Campbell carter
CHM, Cranst"n, Crockett T. Dawes, ~ r D",i.'
Dawson, Deherry, Dennis. D!'ct. Edwards, Evans
Gentry Giddings GorEn, Goodr, Graham, Granger,
Graves Green, Grinncl!, Hall, W ; Hastings, hl 81
Virginia, Hoffman Js"e G Johns'9H ,lr Lincoln niorn af
vim, Mason, Mitchell, Mcnr'c, v no'is, S"i,nn
stall Sergeant Slade Truman Smith, Sto!!S, otIa'
'rillnrhast Toland, Trplctt, Trumbu, T. D. W i't',
L. Williams c. H. Williams, and 5 N'll'ams-e4.
For w. G. DAwsoS.-Alcssrs Afford, Ben, .raop'
fIabcrsham. and Warrcn-J.
Fon d. H. LEwIs-Nlessrs j. Allen, IL. j. Ander-
son. Atherton Banks, Beatty, Bcrnc, Black, Boya'
Brewster. A. V. Brown, A. G. Brown, Burke > u.
Butler W. 0. Butler, Bynum, Carroll, Chapman, Ii'i-
ford, Coles CSqntt' NJ; a. Cp"P YER i nar, bs l.
Gon!anya, Doan, Dog, Duncan Earl, Eastman, Ely
Fine, Fisher, Fletcher, Floyd, Fornance, GalbraIth,
Gerry, Griffin, Hammond Hand, J: Hastings, ilaw-
kim, Hi Of North Carolina, Iidlrn, fi"iicmah'
Holmes Hook, Howard, Hubbard Jackson, Jameson,
T. Johnson ~ Jones, J. ". Jones' kcim, kcmble,
King Leadbetter, Lcrt, Leonard, Lowell Lucas, Nc
Clcllan McCuloch, Mckay, Mallory, Marchand, We
dill, Milcr Montgomery, 5. w. Morris Ncwhard, MS
bet Parish Parncntcr Parrs Paynter, Pctrkin, Prem
,ss, Ramsey, Rhett, Rvcs, Robinson, f. Rogers Sa-
mucls Shaw, Shepard, A. Smith, J. Smith, Thomas
Smith Starkweaher, Stcnrod, Strong, Sumter, Swear
ngcn, Swccny, Taylor, J. Thompson, IanderPoeI; -
d. WAGNER, Watterson, Weller, Wick, J. w Will
liams and H. WilliamG-ll0.
FuR X. NJ. r. Hr>TER.-Mcssrs. J. w Allen, ).
Cooper, Corw;n Curtis, Gushing, R. Garland, Henry,
Hopkins, Nayor, Oge, Rayncr Reed, Slmonton, stan
~, Talafcrro, W. Thompson, Underwood j. While, !.
". Williams J. l.. Williams, Wise, and Mcrccr-22
FoR f. GGAxGEH.-AlcSsrs. Barnard, Chrttendcn,
Clark, Everett, Fillmore, Gates Hunt Lawrence. Nor
gan, Peck, Russell, and p J. Wagncr-l2
FoR J. w. JoSr>.-Messrs. Blackwell and Cascy-2
Fox + TmomAs.-Ncssrs Carr, Connor, Cave john
son, and Turncy-l
FoR L. CAsrY.--AIcssrs Dromgoolc, Profit, and Rey
nods-3.
For G. w. HorKlSs.-Mr. J. Garland---l.
For ions SEEGEAsT.-Nlr Ienirr-l.
F0R G. Ev,Ns.-N1r w. c. Johnson
Fox J. r. uSDERwoon-Alr. Pope-l.
FoK 6. &. DEoMGooLE.-F. Thomas.
Fox CAVE JouSsoS.-P. F. Thomas-l
Fon II. w. CoS>oE.-Mr. Worthington-1.
During the calling Of the roll for the first vote Mr..
WADDY THOMPSON, of South Carolina, had pro-
posed to the Chair the inquiry whether, under rule of
The House. every member not required 10 vote one
yay the other:
The CHAIR decided it TO be out Of order to put this
question of order during the calling of the roll, but,
yhcn il completed he read the following rules as
applicable to the case, viz
No member shall vote on any question in the event
If which he is Immediately and particularly interested,
in any where he not within the bar OF the
House when the question was put. And when any
member shall ask leave to vote the Speaker shall pro-
pound TO hun the question "hcrr yon wthtn the bar
rhcR Vour Ramc 'caS raIfd?'
Every member who shall BE- iii the House when tie
question put shall give hts vote unless the House. for
special reasons shall excuse him All motions 10 ex
,uSc "A member from voting shall be made before the
RI ,usc divides, before the call of the yeas and
mnrncrd and any member requesting tn be excus-
ID from voting NAV make brief verbal statement nt
he reasons for making such request, and the question
shall then be- taken without further debate.
In order To reconcile these two rules, the CHAIR
| said it became an obligation every member who was
within the House 10 be within the bar when his name
was alled and if he within the bar, there was
rule which said he should not vote The other rule
that if he within the House, lie should vote un
less specially excused The rules could NJ be
died. unless it implied that ii the bounden duty o!
member 10 be within the bar The Chair would observe,
that although these the rules ot the House, yet
that the practice had been to enforce vigorously tie rule
hat no member who was not within the bar vi the
House the time should be permitted to vote, and that
the other rules requiring every member TO vote had been
very generally dispensed with.
Mr. LEWIS uhe member whom Mr.. T. referred toy
mere and said he had objection to VOTE and voted
| accordingly.
Mr. HUBBARD, of Alabama, moved that the House
do ADJOURN but subsequently withdrew his motion
| Then followed four other ballotngs, the last of
| which resulted as follows
| For R. VI. T. HUSTER-AIessrs. Adams, Afford }.
W Allen l.. W. Andrews, Bell Biddic, Black, Bond,
Bolts Brockway, A Brown, S. H. Butler, Calhoun,
J. Campbell, W. B. Campbell, Carter, Chinn, Clark,
Col1ut J Cooper, " A. Cooper, CorwIn Cranson,
Crockett Curtis, Gushing, +. Davies, G. Davis Daw
,on, Deberry, Dennis, Det, Edwards, Fillmore Fish
or, r. Garla d, Gentry, Glddings, Goggn, Goodc,
Graham, Granger, Graves, Green, Griffin, Gr:nncIl,
Iabcrsham Hall, w 5. Hastings, Henry, Hill Of Va,
| Hoffman, Holmes, Hopkins Hunt, James, {. john
ston, w. c. Johnson, King, Lawrence, Lincoln, Mar
vim Mason Mercer, Mitchell, Monroe, Morgan, {.
Morris Nayor Nsbet, Oglc, Osborne, Peck, Pickens,
Pope. Profit, Randall Randolph, Raridcn, Raynor,
Reed Ridgway, Russell, Satonstal Sergeant, Simon
on Sladc Tr. Smith, Stanly Storrs, Sumpter Stuart,
Taliaferro w. Thompson, Tillnghast, Toland, Trip
lett, Trumbull, Underwood, J. Wagner, warren
J. L. Williams, c. II. Williams, s. Williams, Wise,
Jcnfcr, Everett, Chtenden, Evans, Gates, Barnard,
Briggs, Pacn, Crabb, and s. II. Andcrson-Il9.
Fon j. w JoHrs-Mcssrs J. Allen, Athcrton,
Bcirnc, Blackwell, 4. ' Brown, W. o. Butler, Car
roll, Clifford Connor Doan, Dr"mgo"lc, Earl, Fly.
Fine Hand J. Hastings, Hawkins, Hill of y c. liIl-
len. Hollcinan Howard, J. Johnson y. Jones' kcim,
Kcnhlc. Leonard Lowell, Lucas Mcclellan, Mckay,
Miller Parrish, Parmcntcr, Pcrikn, Prcntlss, Rlvcs,
! j. Roccrs Shaw Shepard, J. Smith, Thos. Smith,
Stcinrod, Strong, Swcarngen Swccny Taylor, F.
Thomas p F. Thomas Turncy, Nanderpoel Weller,
J. w. Williams, II. Williams, Worhngton, and Banks
So
For Mn D.vrr--Mcssrs. II J. Anderson, Fetch
er and Paris
For F. TuovAs--Messrs Casey, J. W. Jones, and
Mallory-3
Fog Mn. KEIM-Mcssrs. Beatty, Bynum, J. Davis,
Duncan Torrance, Galbraith, Gerry, Hammond Hub
bard Hook, Lcadbeler, Leet Lewis, McCnloch,
Marchand Montgomery, :. W. Morris, Ncwhard
Paynter, Ramsey Robinson h. Rogers, Samues, and
d. ID. WaGcncr-2i.
FoR Mn. C,sEr-AIcssrs. Boyd Brewster, Carr
Craig, Dana, Dc la Montanya, Doig, Cave Johnson,
Reynolds, and Wick-l0
NJ, Rrn,r Col
Cross, Mcd, Rhett, Starkwcather, J. Thompson, and
| Wattcrson-9.
FoE Ma. ATHERros-Mcssrs. Burke, Eastman,
Floyd, and Jackson-4.
/ FoR Mn. STARKwEATHER-Mr. Crary-1.
For Mn. CLIrFoED-Mr. Davec-1.
! For Mn. How ARD. W. Davis-l.