House roll call 475 · 31st Congress · Jan 21, 1851
To amend S. 43 (app. 1/27/1851), a bill to renew the charter of the potomac insurance co. Of georgetown, by making stockholders liable in their private property
On Jan 21, 1851, the House voted 118–57 (S 43). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 33–55, Others 85–2. 33 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 118
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Jan 21, 1851
By party
- Others85 yes · 2 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 55 no · 31 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted yes
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL voted yes
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL voted yes
- Edward Gilbert D-CA voted yes
- Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA voted yes
- Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted yes
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted yes
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted yes
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted yes
- Charles Stetson D-ME voted yes
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted yes
- Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS voted yes
- William Mcwillie D-MS voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted yes
- Hiram Walden D-NY voted yes
- David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted yes
- William Strong D-PA voted yes
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA voted yes
- James Thompson D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Wallace D-SC voted yes
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted yes
- Armistead Burt D-SC voted yes
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC voted yes
- Andrew Ewing D-TN voted yes
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
- Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted yes
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted yes
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Jeffreys Alston O-AL
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Edward Gilbert D-CA
- Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT
- Walter Booth O-CT
- Thomas Belden Butler O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA
- Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- George Washington Julian O-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- James Leeper Johnson O-KY
- Finis Ewing Mclean O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- Daniel Breck O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Charles Slaughter Morehead O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Henry Adams Bullard O-LA
- Samuel Atkins Eliot O-MA
- James Henry Duncan O-MA
- Charles Allen O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Horace Mann O-MA
- Orin Fowler O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Richard Johns Bowie O-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- John Bozman Kerr O-MD
- John Otis O-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Charles Stetson D-ME
- William Sprague O-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS
- William Mcwillie D-MS
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- Andrew Kessler Hay O-NJ
- John Van Dyke O-NJ
- James Gore King O-NJ
- John Alsop King O-NY
- David Alexander Bokee O-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Walter Underhill O-NY
- George Briggs O-NY
- James Brooks O-NY
- William Nelson O-NY
- Ransom Halloway O-NY
- Thomas Mckissock O-NY
- Herman Day Gould O-NY
- Peter Henry Silvester O-NY
- Gideon Reynolds O-NY
- John Richardson Thurman O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Henry Porteous Alexander O-NY
- Charles Ezra Clarke O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Hiram Walden D-NY
- Daniel Gott O-NY
- Harmon Sweatland Conger O-NY
- William Terry Jackson O-NY
- William Augustus Sackett O-NY
- Robert Lawson Rose O-NY
- David Rumsey O-NY
- Elijah Risley O-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding O-NY
- Lorenzo Burrows O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Nathan Evans O-OH
- William Forrest Hunter O-OH
- David Kellogg Cartter D-OH
- John Crowell O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- Henry Dunning Moore O-PA
- John Freedley O-PA
- William Strong D-PA
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA
- Joseph Casey O-PA
- Charles Wesley Pitman O-PA
- Samuel Calvin O-PA
- Robert Rentoul Reed O-PA
- Moses Hampton O-PA
- John W. Howe O-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Andrew Ewing D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Volney Erskine Howard D-TX
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Jeremiah Morton O-VA
- Thomas Sherwood Haymond O-VA
- William Henry O-VT
- William Hebard O-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Timothy Roberts Young D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Nathaniel Albertson D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- John Larne Robinson D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- 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
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Isaac Wildrick D-NJ
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Jonathan David Morris D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- John Krepps Miller D-OH
- William Augustus Whittlesey D-OH
- Moses Hoagland D-OH
- Joseph Cable D-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- Thomas Ross D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens O-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- Joel Buchanan Danner D-PA
- Job Mann D-PA
- Alfred Gilmore D-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA
- Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Madison Hite Beale D-VA
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- James Duane Doty D-WI
Did not vote
- David Hubbard D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- George Washington Wright I-CA
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Allen Ferdinand Owen O-GA
- Thomas C. Hackett D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Daniel Fry Miller O-IA
- William Thompson D-IA
- William Harrison Bissell D-IL
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- William John Brown D-IN
- Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Edward Hammond D-MD
- Elbridge Gerry D-ME
- Rufus King Goodenow O-ME
- Alexander Woodruff Buel D-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell O-NC
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- Amos Tuck O-NH
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- James Wilson O-NH
- William Augustus Newell O-NJ
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft O-NY
- George Rex Andrews O-NY
- Preston King O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- William Duer O-NY
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn O-NY
- Harvey Putnam O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Amos Eastman Wood D-OH
- John Bell O-OH
- Charles Sweetser D-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Jesse Column Dickey O-PA
- Chester Pierce Butler O-PA
- John Brisbin D-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA
- Andrew Jackson Ogle O-PA
- George Gordon King O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Josiah McNair Anderson O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Richard Parker D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Alexander Newman D-VA
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Orasmus Cole O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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