To suspend the rules and introduce a resolution making the bills to establish a territorial government of utah, and new mexico, to establish boundaries of texas

On Aug 19, 1850, the House voted 93–94. Result: failed. By party: Others 43–51, Democrats 50–43. 43 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 93
No: 94
Did not vote: 56
Date: Aug 19, 1850

By party

Others43 yes · 51 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats50 yes · 43 no · 26 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
Samuel Williams Inge D-AL voted no
David Hubbard D-AL voted no
Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL voted no
Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA voted no
Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted no
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
Emile La Sére D-LA voted no
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted no
Edward Hammond D-MD voted no
Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS voted no
Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted no
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted no
Daniel Wallace D-SC voted no
James Lawrence Orr 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
John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
James Houston Thomas D-TN voted no
Andrew Ewing D-TN voted no
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
Richard Kidder Meade D-VA voted no
Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted no
Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA voted no
Richard Parker D-VA voted no
James Mcdowell D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
James Madison Hite Beale D-VA 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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and introduce a…: House Vote, Aug 19, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-H-291/to-suspend-the-rules-and-introduce-a-resolution-making (accessed 2026-10-15).