House roll call 396 · 31st Congress · Sep 17, 1850
To table S. 22 (9 stat. 466, app. 9/20/1850), an act granting right of way and making grant of land to illinois, mississippi and alabama, to aid in the construc
On Sep 17, 1850, the House voted 70–98 (S 22). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 41–47, Others 29–50, Independents 0–1. 41 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 70
- No
- 98
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Sep 17, 1850
By party
- Others29 yes · 50 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats41 yes · 47 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry D-ME voted yes
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME voted yes
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted yes
- Charles Stetson D-ME voted yes
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted yes
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted yes
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted yes
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH voted yes
- Harry Hibbard D-NH voted yes
- Isaac Wildrick D-NJ voted yes
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted yes
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Cable D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Ross D-PA voted yes
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA voted yes
- James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA voted yes
- Job Mann D-PA voted yes
- James Thompson D-PA voted yes
- Alfred Gilmore D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Wallace D-SC voted yes
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted yes
- Armistead Burt D-SC voted yes
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- John Houston Savage D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- James Houston Thomas D-TN voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted yes
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted yes
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted yes
- Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA voted yes
- Richard Parker D-VA voted yes
- James Mcdowell D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted yes
- James Madison Hite Beale D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Walter Booth O-CT
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Orin Fowler O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- Elbridge Gerry D-ME
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Charles Stetson D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- Amos Tuck O-NH
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Isaac Wildrick D-NJ
- Peter Henry Silvester O-NY
- Henry Porteous Alexander O-NY
- Preston King O-NY
- Charles Ezra Clarke O-NY
- William Terry Jackson O-NY
- David Rumsey O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Nathan Evans O-OH
- William Forrest Hunter O-OH
- Joseph Cable D-OH
- Henry Dunning Moore O-PA
- Thomas Ross D-PA
- Jesse Column Dickey O-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens O-PA
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA
- James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA
- Job Mann D-PA
- Robert Rentoul Reed O-PA
- Moses Hampton O-PA
- John W. Howe O-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Alfred Gilmore D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Albert Galiton Watkins O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Hamlet Averett 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
- James Meacham O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- William Jeffreys Alston O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL
- David Hubbard D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- George Washington Wright I-CA
- Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT
- Thomas Belden Butler O-CT
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- William Harrison Bissell D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Timothy Roberts Young D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Nathaniel Albertson D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- George Washington Julian O-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- Charles Slaughter Morehead O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Samuel Atkins Eliot O-MA
- James Henry Duncan O-MA
- Charles Allen O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Horace Mann O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Richard Johns Bowie O-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- John Bozman Kerr O-MD
- Alexander Woodruff Buel D-MI
- William Sprague O-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin 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
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- James Gore King O-NJ
- John Alsop King O-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Walter Underhill O-NY
- George Briggs O-NY
- James Brooks O-NY
- Ransom Halloway O-NY
- Herman Day Gould O-NY
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft O-NY
- George Rex Andrews O-NY
- John Richardson Thurman O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Hiram Walden D-NY
- Daniel Gott O-NY
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn O-NY
- Robert Lawson Rose O-NY
- Elijah Risley O-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding O-NY
- Lorenzo Burrows O-NY
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- Amos Eastman Wood D-OH
- Jonathan David Morris D-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- William Augustus Whittlesey D-OH
- Moses Hoagland D-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- John Freedley O-PA
- Joseph Casey O-PA
- Charles Wesley Pitman O-PA
- George Gordon King O-RI
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Josiah McNair Anderson O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Volney Erskine Howard D-TX
- Thomas Sherwood Haymond O-VA
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Orasmus Cole O-WI
- James Duane Doty D-WI
Did not vote
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Edward Gilbert D-CA
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA
- Allen Ferdinand Owen O-GA
- Thomas C. Hackett D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Daniel Fry Miller O-IA
- William Thompson D-IA
- John Larne Robinson D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- James Leeper Johnson O-KY
- Finis Ewing Mclean O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Daniel Breck O-KY
- 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
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Edward Hammond D-MD
- John Otis O-ME
- Rufus King Goodenow O-ME
- William Van Ness Bay D-MO
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- James Wilson O-NH
- Andrew Kessler Hay O-NJ
- William Augustus Newell O-NJ
- John Van Dyke O-NJ
- David Alexander Bokee O-NY
- William Nelson O-NY
- Thomas Mckissock O-NY
- Gideon Reynolds O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- William Duer O-NY
- Harmon Sweatland Conger O-NY
- William Augustus Sackett O-NY
- Harvey Putnam O-NY
- John Bell O-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Charles Sweetser D-OH
- John Krepps Miller D-OH
- David Kellogg Cartter D-OH
- John Crowell O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- William Strong D-PA
- Chester Pierce Butler O-PA
- John Brisbin D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Joel Buchanan Danner D-PA
- Samuel Calvin O-PA
- Andrew Jackson Ogle O-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Andrew Ewing D-TN
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Jeremiah Morton O-VA
- Alexander Newman D-VA
- William Henry O-VT
- William Hebard O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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