House roll call 317 · 31st Congress · Aug 31, 1850
To amend the resolution by authorizing the arrest of certain persons for contempt of house. (p.1725-2)
On Aug 31, 1850, the House voted 74–104. Result: failed. By party: Others 69–20, Democrats 5–84. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 74
- No
- 104
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Aug 31, 1850
By party
- Others69 yes · 20 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 84 no · 30 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL voted yes
- David Hubbard D-AL voted yes
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI voted yes
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted yes
- Joseph Cable D-OH voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Jeffreys Alston O-AL
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL
- David Hubbard D-AL
- Thomas Belden Butler O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- James Leeper Johnson O-KY
- Finis Ewing Mclean O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Daniel Breck O-KY
- Samuel Atkins Eliot O-MA
- James Henry Duncan O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Horace Mann O-MA
- Orin Fowler O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Richard Johns Bowie O-MD
- John Bozman Kerr O-MD
- John Otis O-ME
- William Sprague O-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- Amos Tuck O-NH
- James Wilson O-NH
- John Van Dyke O-NJ
- James Gore King O-NJ
- John Alsop King O-NY
- David Alexander Bokee O-NY
- Walter Underhill O-NY
- William Nelson O-NY
- Ransom Halloway O-NY
- Herman Day Gould O-NY
- Peter Henry Silvester O-NY
- John Richardson Thurman O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Henry Porteous Alexander O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- William Duer O-NY
- Daniel Gott O-NY
- Harmon Sweatland Conger O-NY
- William Terry Jackson O-NY
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn O-NY
- Robert Lawson Rose O-NY
- David Rumsey O-NY
- Harvey Putnam O-NY
- Lorenzo Burrows O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Joseph Cable D-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- Henry Dunning Moore O-PA
- John Freedley O-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens O-PA
- Chester Pierce Butler O-PA
- Joseph Casey O-PA
- Charles Wesley Pitman O-PA
- John W. Howe O-PA
- George Gordon King O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Albert Galiton Watkins O-TN
- Josiah McNair Anderson O-TN
- Jeremiah Morton O-VA
- Thomas Sherwood Haymond O-VA
- William Henry O-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Orasmus Cole O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT
- Walter Booth O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA
- Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- William Harrison Bissell D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Timothy Roberts Young D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Nathaniel Albertson D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- John Larne Robinson D-IN
- George Washington Julian O-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Charles Slaughter Morehead O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Charles Allen O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Edward Hammond D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Elbridge Gerry D-ME
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Charles Stetson D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Alexander Woodruff Buel D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- William Van Ness Bay D-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Willard Preble Hall D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS
- William Mcwillie D-MS
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Andrew Kessler Hay O-NJ
- William Augustus Newell O-NJ
- Isaac Wildrick D-NJ
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft O-NY
- Preston King O-NY
- Hiram Walden D-NY
- William Augustus Sackett O-NY
- Jonathan David Morris D-OH
- William Augustus Whittlesey D-OH
- Nathan Evans O-OH
- Moses Hoagland D-OH
- David Kellogg Cartter D-OH
- John Crowell O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- Thomas Ross D-PA
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- Andrew Jackson Ogle O-PA
- Job Mann D-PA
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- Andrew Ewing D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Volney Erskine Howard D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA
- Richard Parker D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Madison Hite Beale D-VA
- William Hebard O-VT
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- James Duane Doty D-WI
Did not vote
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Edward Gilbert D-CA
- George Washington Wright I-CA
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Allen Ferdinand Owen O-GA
- Thomas C. Hackett D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Daniel Fry Miller O-IA
- William Thompson D-IA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Henry Adams Bullard O-LA
- Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- Rufus King Goodenow O-ME
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- George Briggs O-NY
- James Brooks O-NY
- Thomas Mckissock O-NY
- Gideon Reynolds O-NY
- George Rex Andrews O-NY
- Charles Ezra Clarke O-NY
- Elijah Risley O-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Amos Eastman Wood D-OH
- John Bell O-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Charles Sweetser D-OH
- John Krepps Miller D-OH
- William Forrest Hunter O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Jesse Column Dickey O-PA
- William Strong D-PA
- John Brisbin D-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Joel Buchanan Danner D-PA
- James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA
- Samuel Calvin O-PA
- Robert Rentoul Reed O-PA
- Moses Hampton O-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Alfred Gilmore D-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA
- Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Alexander Newman D-VA
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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