House roll call 131 · 31st Congress · Apr 25, 1850
To refer H. J. RES. 15, granting bounty lands and extra pay to veterans of the mexican war, to the committee of the whole house on the state of the union. (p.8
On Apr 25, 1850, the House voted 105–59 (HJR 15). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–54, Others 75–5. 30 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 105
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 79
- Date
- Apr 25, 1850
By party
- Others75 yes · 5 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Democrats30 yes · 54 no · 35 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Hubbard D-AL voted yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA voted yes
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA voted yes
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted yes
- Edward Hammond D-MD voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry D-ME voted yes
- Alexander Woodruff Buel D-MI voted yes
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI voted yes
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted yes
- Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS voted yes
- William Mcwillie D-MS voted yes
- Harry Hibbard D-NH voted yes
- Isaac Wildrick D-NJ voted yes
- John Robbins D-PA voted yes
- William Strong D-PA voted yes
- James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted yes
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted yes
- Armistead Burt D-SC voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX voted yes
- Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted yes
- James Mcdowell D-VA voted yes
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT voted yes
- James Duane Doty D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Jeffreys Alston O-AL
- David Hubbard D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Walter Booth O-CT
- Thomas Belden Butler O-CT
- Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- Daniel Breck O-KY
- Charles Slaughter Morehead O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- James Henry Duncan O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Orin Fowler O-MA
- Edward Hammond D-MD
- John Bozman Kerr O-MD
- Elbridge Gerry D-ME
- John Otis O-ME
- Rufus King Goodenow O-ME
- Alexander Woodruff Buel D-MI
- William Sprague O-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS
- William Mcwillie D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- James Wilson O-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Isaac Wildrick D-NJ
- John Van Dyke O-NJ
- James Gore King O-NJ
- John Alsop King O-NY
- Walter Underhill O-NY
- George Briggs O-NY
- James Brooks O-NY
- William Nelson O-NY
- Ransom Halloway O-NY
- Thomas Mckissock O-NY
- Herman Day Gould O-NY
- Peter Henry Silvester O-NY
- George Rex Andrews O-NY
- John Richardson Thurman O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Henry Porteous Alexander O-NY
- Preston King O-NY
- Charles Ezra Clarke O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Harmon Sweatland Conger O-NY
- William Terry Jackson O-NY
- William Augustus Sackett O-NY
- Robert Lawson Rose O-NY
- David Rumsey O-NY
- Elijah Risley O-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding O-NY
- Harvey Putnam O-NY
- Lorenzo Burrows O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- John Crowell O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- Henry Dunning Moore O-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- John Freedley O-PA
- Jesse Column Dickey O-PA
- William Strong D-PA
- Chester Pierce Butler O-PA
- Joseph Casey O-PA
- Charles Wesley Pitman O-PA
- James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA
- Samuel Calvin O-PA
- Robert Rentoul Reed O-PA
- John W. Howe O-PA
- George Gordon King O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Volney Erskine Howard D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Jeremiah Morton O-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Thomas Sherwood Haymond O-VA
- William Henry O-VT
- William Hebard O-VT
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- James Duane Doty D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- William Thompson D-IA
- William Harrison Bissell D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Nathaniel Albertson D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Finis Ewing Mclean O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Charles Stetson D-ME
- William Van Ness Bay D-MO
- Willard Preble Hall D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- Hiram Walden D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Amos Eastman Wood D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Charles Sweetser D-OH
- John Krepps Miller D-OH
- Moses Hoagland D-OH
- Joseph Cable D-OH
- Thomas Ross D-PA
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA
- Job Mann D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- Andrew Ewing D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA
Did not vote
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- Edward Gilbert D-CA
- George Washington Wright I-CA
- Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Allen Ferdinand Owen O-GA
- Thomas C. Hackett D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Daniel Fry Miller O-IA
- Timothy Roberts Young D-IL
- John Larne Robinson D-IN
- George Washington Julian O-IN
- Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- James Leeper Johnson O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Henry Adams Bullard O-LA
- Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Samuel Atkins Eliot O-MA
- Charles Allen O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Horace Mann O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Richard Johns Bowie O-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- Amos Tuck O-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Andrew Kessler Hay O-NJ
- William Augustus Newell O-NJ
- David Alexander Bokee O-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Gideon Reynolds O-NY
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft O-NY
- William Duer O-NY
- Daniel Gott O-NY
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- John Bell O-OH
- Jonathan David Morris D-OH
- William Augustus Whittlesey D-OH
- Nathan Evans O-OH
- William Forrest Hunter O-OH
- David Kellogg Cartter D-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens O-PA
- John Brisbin D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Joel Buchanan Danner D-PA
- Andrew Jackson Ogle O-PA
- Moses Hampton O-PA
- Alfred Gilmore D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC
- Josiah McNair Anderson O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Richard Parker D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Madison Hite Beale D-VA
- Alexander Newman D-VA
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Orasmus Cole O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To refer H. J. RES. 15, granting bounty…: House Vote, Apr 25, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-H-131/to-refer-h-j-res-15-granting-bounty-lands (accessed 2026-10-17).