To table resolution relative to the interference of office holders under last administration in election. (p.1725-1)

On Aug 31, 1850, the House voted 82–96. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 46–46, Others 36–50. 46 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 82
No: 96
Did not vote: 65
Date: Aug 31, 1850

By party

Others36 yes · 50 no · 37 didn’t vote
Democrats46 yes · 46 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
Nathaniel Albertson D-IN voted no
Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted no
John Larne Robinson D-IN voted no
William John Brown D-IN voted no
Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted no
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
Elbridge Gerry D-ME voted no
Charles Stetson D-ME voted no
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted no
Hiram Walden D-NY voted no
Jonathan David Morris D-OH voted no
David Kellogg Cartter D-OH 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
William Ferguson Colcock D-SC voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
James Houston Thomas D-TN voted no
Andrew Ewing D-TN voted no
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted no
John Singleton Millson 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
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted no
James Madison Hite Beale D-VA 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 table resolution relative to the…: House Vote, Aug 31, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-H-316/to-table-resolution-relative-to-the-interference-of-office (accessed 2026-10-17).