To reconsider the vote by which the house agreed to table H. R. 168, a bill renewing for fourteen years a patent which was heretofore granted to william woodwor

On Mar 27, 1850, the House voted 64–108 (HR 168). Result: failed. By party: Others 12–76, Democrats 52–32. 32 members voted against their own party.

During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.

Yes: 64
No: 108
Did not vote: 71
Date: Mar 27, 1850

By party

Others12 yes · 76 no · 35 didn’t vote
Democrats52 yes · 32 no · 35 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

David Hubbard D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL voted no
Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
Timothy Roberts Young D-IL voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
John Larne Robinson D-IN voted no
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted no
Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted no
William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted no
Harry Hibbard D-NH voted no
David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted no
Jonathan David Morris D-OH voted no
Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted no
David Wilmot D-PA voted no
Daniel Wallace D-SC voted no
James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
William Ferguson Colcock D-SC voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Richard Parker D-VA voted no
James Mcdowell D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To reconsider the vote by which the house…: House Vote, Mar 27, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-H-114/to-reconsider-the-vote-by-which-the-house-agreed (accessed 2026-10-17).