To agree to an amendment in the nature of a substitute to S. 71, which substitute provides to facilitate the handling of private claims by having them adjudicat

On Feb 10, 1851, the House voted 85–106 (S 71). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 68–29, Others 17–77. 29 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 85
No: 106
Did not vote: 52
Date: Feb 10, 1851

By party

Others17 yes · 77 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats68 yes · 29 no · 22 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
Edward Gilbert D-CA voted no
Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT voted no
Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA voted no
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted no
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted no
Edward Hammond D-MD voted no
Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted no
Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
John Krepps Miller D-OH voted no
John Brisbin D-PA voted no
James Thompson D-PA voted no
James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
William Ferguson Colcock D-SC voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
James Houston Thomas D-TN voted no
Andrew Ewing D-TN voted no
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT 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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