To suspend the rules and consider a resolution calling for an expedition to search for sir john franklin and thirty seamen from the U.S. Navy. (p.653-2)

On Apr 8, 1850, the House voted 107–55. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 33–54, Others 74–1. 33 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 107
No: 55
Did not vote: 81
Date: Apr 8, 1850

By party

Others74 yes · 1 no · 48 didn’t vote
Democrats33 yes · 54 no · 32 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Williams Inge D-AL voted yes
Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT voted yes
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT voted yes
Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA voted yes
William Thompson D-IA voted yes
Shepherd Leffler D-IA voted yes
John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN voted yes
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted yes
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted yes
Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted yes
Alexander Woodruff Buel D-MI voted yes
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted yes
William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted yes
Hiram Walden D-NY voted yes
David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted yes
Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted yes
Amos Eastman Wood D-OH voted yes
Jonathan David Morris D-OH voted yes
Moses Hoagland D-OH voted yes
David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted yes
Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA voted yes
David Wilmot D-PA voted yes
James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA voted yes
Job Mann D-PA voted yes
James Thompson D-PA voted yes
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted yes
James Madison Hite Beale D-VA voted yes
Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT voted yes
James Duane Doty D-WI 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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and consider a…: House Vote, Apr 8, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-H-117/to-suspend-the-rules-and-consider-a-resolution-calling (accessed 2026-10-15).