House roll call 2 · 31st Congress · Dec 6, 1849
To table a resolution providing that house rules as at close of last session be adopted, so far as applicable to government of house, until otherwise ordered an
On Dec 6, 1849, the House voted 116–105. Result: passed. By party: Others 110–3, Democrats 6–102. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 116
- No
- 105
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Dec 6, 1849
By party
- Others110 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 102 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT voted yes
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI voted yes
- David Wilmot D-PA voted yes
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC voted yes
- James Madison Hite Beale D-VA voted yes
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Jeffreys Alston O-AL
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- Walter Booth O-CT
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-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 Magill Conrad O-LA
- 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
- Richard Johns Bowie O-MD
- John Bozman Kerr O-MD
- John Otis O-ME
- Rufus King Goodenow O-ME
- William Sprague O-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- Amos Tuck O-NH
- James Wilson O-NH
- Andrew Kessler Hay O-NJ
- William Augustus Newell O-NJ
- John Van Dyke O-NJ
- James Gore King O-NJ
- John Alsop King O-NY
- David Alexander Bokee O-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix 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
- Gideon Reynolds O-NY
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft 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
- 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
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- Henry Dunning Moore O-PA
- John Freedley O-PA
- Jesse Column Dickey O-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens O-PA
- Chester Pierce Butler O-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- Joseph Casey O-PA
- Charles Wesley Pitman O-PA
- Henry Nes 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
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins O-TN
- Josiah McNair Anderson O-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Jeremiah Morton O-VA
- James Madison Hite Beale D-VA
- Thomas Sherwood Haymond O-VA
- William Henry O-VT
- William Hebard O-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Orasmus Cole O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson 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
- John Wentworth D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris 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
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- Charles Slaughter Morehead O-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
- Alexander Evans O-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
- 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
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Isaac Wildrick D-NJ
- 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
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Strong D-PA
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA
- James Xavier Mclanahan 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
- Andrew Johnson D-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
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Volney Erskine Howard D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Richard Kidder Meade 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
- Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA
- Richard Parker D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Duane Doty D-WI
Did not vote
- Edward Gilbert D-CA
- George Washington Wright I-CA
- Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Daniel Fry Miller O-IA
- George Washington Julian O-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Henry Adams Bullard O-LA
- Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Samuel Atkins Eliot O-MA
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Charles Ezra Clarke O-NY
- John Bell O-OH
- Thomas Ross D-PA
- John Brisbin D-PA
- Joel Buchanan Danner D-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Alexander Newman D-VA
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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