To order a call of the house. (p.1567-1)

On Aug 13, 1850, the House voted 39–143. Result: failed. By party: Others 4–87, Democrats 35–56. 35 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 39
No: 143
Did not vote: 61
Date: Aug 13, 1850

By party

Others4 yes · 87 no · 32 didn’t vote
Democrats35 yes · 56 no · 28 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted yes
Samuel Williams Inge D-AL voted yes
David Hubbard D-AL voted yes
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL voted yes
Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA voted yes
Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA voted yes
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted yes
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
Emile La Sére D-LA voted yes
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted yes
Edward Hammond D-MD voted yes
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted yes
Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS voted yes
Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted yes
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted yes
William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted yes
Daniel Wallace D-SC voted yes
James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted yes
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted yes
John Mcqueen D-SC voted yes
Armistead Burt D-SC voted yes
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted yes
William Ferguson Colcock D-SC voted yes
James Houston Thomas D-TN voted yes
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
Richard Kidder Meade D-VA voted yes
Paulus Powell D-VA voted yes
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted yes
Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA voted yes
Richard Parker D-VA voted yes
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes

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 order a call of the house. (p.1567-1): House Vote, Aug 13, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-H-284/to-order-a-call-of-the-house-p-1567 (accessed 2026-10-17).