To suspend the rules and introduce a joint resolution providing for the final adjournment of the present session of Congress. (p.1023-2,3)

On May 20, 1850, the House voted 65–114. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 45–45, Others 20–69. 45 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 65
No: 114
Did not vote: 64
Date: May 20, 1850

By party

Others20 yes · 69 no · 34 didn’t vote
Democrats45 yes · 45 no · 29 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT voted no
Shepherd Leffler D-IA voted no
William Harrison Bissell D-IL voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted no
Nathaniel Albertson D-IN voted no
Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted no
John Larne Robinson D-IN voted no
William John Brown D-IN voted no
Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN voted no
Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
Edward Hammond D-MD voted no
Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted no
Elbridge Gerry D-ME voted no
Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME voted no
Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted no
Charles Stetson D-ME voted no
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
Alexander Woodruff Buel D-MI voted no
James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted no
Willard Preble Hall D-MO voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH voted no
Harry Hibbard D-NH voted no
Isaac Wildrick D-NJ voted no
Hiram Walden D-NY voted no
David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted no
Amos Eastman Wood D-OH voted no
Jonathan David Morris D-OH voted no
Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted no
Charles Sweetser D-OH voted no
William Augustus Whittlesey D-OH voted no
Joseph Cable D-OH voted no
David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted no
John Robbins D-PA voted no
William Strong D-PA voted no
Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA voted no
James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA voted no
Richard Parker D-VA voted no
Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT 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 suspend the rules and introduce a joint…: House Vote, May 20, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-H-165/to-suspend-the-rules-and-introduce-a-joint-resolution (accessed 2026-10-16).