To suspend the rules and introduce a resolution respecting final adjournment of this session of Congress. (p.1467-2)

On Jul 29, 1850, the House voted 73–92. Result: failed. By party: Others 24–59, Democrats 49–33. 33 members voted against their own party.

During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.

Yes: 73
No: 92
Did not vote: 78
Date: Jul 29, 1850

By party

Others24 yes · 59 no · 40 didn’t vote
Democrats49 yes · 33 no · 37 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT voted no
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT voted no
William Harrison Bissell D-IL voted no
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
Timothy Roberts Young D-IL voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
Edward Hammond D-MD voted no
Charles Stetson D-ME voted no
Alexander Woodruff Buel D-MI voted no
Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI 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 Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted no
John Robbins D-PA voted no
Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA voted no
James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA voted no
Job Mann D-PA voted no
James Thompson D-PA voted no
Alfred Gilmore D-PA voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
James Mcdowell D-VA voted no
Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT voted no
James Duane Doty D-WI 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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