To suspend the rules and introduce a resolution that S. 170, S. 307, S. 169 and S. 225 be taken from the speaker's table and made a special order for considerat

On Aug 19, 1850, the House voted 87–98. Result: failed. By party: Others 27–66, Democrats 60–32. 32 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 87
No: 98
Did not vote: 58
Date: Aug 19, 1850

By party

Others27 yes · 66 no · 30 didn’t vote
Democrats60 yes · 32 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL voted no
Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted no
Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI voted no
William Mcwillie D-MS voted no
Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted no
Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH voted no
Hiram Walden D-NY voted no
Emery Davis Potter 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
Daniel Wallace D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
William Ferguson Colcock D-SC voted no
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted no
Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted no
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted no
Alexander Richmond Holladay 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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