To suspend the rules and introduce a resolution that H. R. 351, a bill to reduce and modify postal rates be made a special order for next wednesday, to be conti

On Dec 16, 1850, the House voted 146–52. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 59–44, Others 86–8, Independents 1–0. 44 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 146
No: 52
Did not vote: 45
Date: Dec 16, 1850

By party

Others86 yes · 8 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats59 yes · 44 no · 16 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

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
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL voted no
Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
William Harrison Bissell D-IL voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted no
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted no
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted no
James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
Willard Preble Hall D-MO voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS voted no
William Mcwillie 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
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
John Houston Savage 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
David Spangler Kaufman D-TX voted no
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted no
Richard Kidder Meade D-VA voted no
Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted no
Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
Fayette Mcmullen 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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