To suspend the rules and introduce a resolution that S. 71, establishing a board of accounts, be made a special order for jan. 23 and thereafter. (p.178-1)

On Jan 6, 1851, the House voted 136–43 (S 71). Result: passed. By party: Others 85–8, Democrats 50–35, Independents 1–0. 35 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 136
No: 43
Did not vote: 64
Date: Jan 6, 1851

By party

Others85 yes · 8 no · 30 didn’t vote
Democrats50 yes · 35 no · 34 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Edward Gilbert D-CA voted no
Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA voted no
Shepherd Leffler D-IA voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted no
Nathaniel Albertson D-IN voted no
John Larne Robinson D-IN voted no
Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN voted no
Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN voted no
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted no
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME voted no
James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS voted no
Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted no
Jonathan David Morris D-OH voted no
Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted no
Charles Sweetser D-OH voted no
John Krepps Miller D-OH voted no
David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted no
Thomas Ross D-PA voted no
Job Mann D-PA voted no
James Thompson D-PA 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
Thomas Hamlet Averett 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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