House roll call 19 · 31st Congress · Jan 3, 1850
To order a call of the house, during debate on the rules of the house relating to election of its officers. (the speaker voted negative.)
On Jan 3, 1850, the House voted 101–100. Result: passed. By party: Others 100–2, Democrats 1–98. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 101
- No
- 100
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Jan 3, 1850
By party
- Others100 yes · 2 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 98 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Wilmot D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Jeffreys Alston O-AL
- Walter Booth O-CT
- Thomas Belden Butler O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Allen Ferdinand Owen O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- James Leeper Johnson O-KY
- Finis Ewing Mclean O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Daniel Breck O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Charles Slaughter Morehead O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- James Henry Duncan O-MA
- Charles Allen O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Horace Mann O-MA
- Orin Fowler O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- John Otis O-ME
- Rufus King Goodenow O-ME
- William Sprague O-MI
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- Amos Tuck O-NH
- James Wilson O-NH
- Andrew Kessler Hay O-NJ
- William Augustus Newell 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
- Peter Henry Silvester O-NY
- Gideon Reynolds O-NY
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft 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
- William Duer O-NY
- Daniel Gott O-NY
- Harmon Sweatland Conger O-NY
- William Terry Jackson O-NY
- William Augustus Sackett O-NY
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn 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
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Nathan Evans O-OH
- William Forrest Hunter O-OH
- John Crowell O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- Henry Dunning Moore O-PA
- John Freedley O-PA
- Jesse Column Dickey O-PA
- Chester Pierce Butler O-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- Joseph Casey O-PA
- Charles Wesley Pitman O-PA
- Samuel Calvin O-PA
- Andrew Jackson Ogle O-PA
- Robert Rentoul Reed O-PA
- Moses Hampton O-PA
- John W. Howe O-PA
- George Gordon King O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Albert Galiton Watkins O-TN
- Josiah McNair Anderson O-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Thomas Sherwood Haymond O-VA
- William Henry O-VT
- William Hebard O-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Orasmus Cole O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL
- David Hubbard D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT
- Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA
- Thomas C. Hackett D-GA
- William Thompson D-IA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- William Harrison Bissell D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Timothy Roberts Young D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Nathaniel Albertson D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- John Larne Robinson D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Edward Hammond D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Elbridge Gerry D-ME
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Charles Stetson D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Alexander Woodruff Buel D-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- William Van Ness Bay D-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Willard Preble Hall D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS
- William Mcwillie D-MS
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Hiram Walden D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Amos Eastman Wood D-OH
- Jonathan David Morris D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Charles Sweetser D-OH
- John Krepps Miller D-OH
- William Augustus Whittlesey D-OH
- Moses Hoagland D-OH
- Joseph Cable D-OH
- David Kellogg Cartter D-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- Thomas Ross D-PA
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA
- Job Mann D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Alfred Gilmore D-PA
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton 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
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Richard Parker D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Madison Hite Beale D-VA
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Edward Gilbert D-CA
- George Washington Wright I-CA
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Daniel Fry Miller O-IA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- George Washington Julian O-IN
- Henry Adams Bullard O-LA
- Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA
- Samuel Atkins Eliot O-MA
- Richard Johns Bowie O-MD
- John Bozman Kerr O-MD
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Isaac Wildrick D-NJ
- John Van Dyke O-NJ
- David Alexander Bokee O-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Herman Day Gould O-NY
- George Rex Andrews O-NY
- John Bell O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Thaddeus Stevens O-PA
- William Strong D-PA
- John Brisbin D-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Joel Buchanan Danner D-PA
- James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Andrew Ewing D-TN
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA
- Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA
- Jeremiah Morton O-VA
- Alexander Newman D-VA
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- James Duane Doty D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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