To order main question on third reading of S. 307.

On Sep 6, 1850, the House voted 115–91 (S 307). Result: passed. By party: Others 55–50, Democrats 60–41. 41 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 115
No: 91
Did not vote: 37
Date: Sep 6, 1850

By party

Others55 yes · 50 no · 18 didn’t vote
Democrats60 yes · 41 no · 18 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
Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT voted no
Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN voted no
Emile La Sére D-LA voted no
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted no
Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted no
Charles Stetson D-ME voted no
Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS voted no
Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted no
William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted no
David Tiernan Disney 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
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
John Singleton Millson D-VA 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
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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