To amend a resolution relating to the election of a speaker. (p.64-1)

On Dec 22, 1849, the House voted 71–147. Result: failed. By party: Others 11–99, Democrats 60–48. 48 members voted against their own party.

During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.

Yes: 71
No: 147
Did not vote: 25
Date: Dec 22, 1849

By party

Others11 yes · 99 no · 13 didn’t vote
Democrats60 yes · 48 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Williams Inge D-AL voted no
Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL voted no
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT voted no
Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
Thomas C. Hackett D-GA voted no
Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
Shepherd Leffler D-IA voted no
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
John Larne Robinson D-IN voted no
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted no
Alexander Woodruff Buel D-MI voted no
Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI voted no
Willard Preble Hall 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
Hiram Walden D-NY voted no
David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted no
Amos Eastman Wood D-OH voted no
Charles Sweetser D-OH voted no
John Krepps Miller D-OH voted no
Moses Hoagland D-OH voted no
David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted no
William Strong D-PA voted no
David Wilmot D-PA voted no
Daniel Wallace D-SC 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
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
William Ferguson Colcock D-SC voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
Richard Kidder Meade D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
Paulus Powell 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
James Madison Hite Beale 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend a resolution relating to the…: House Vote, Dec 22, 1849,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-H-14/to-amend-a-resolution-relating-to-the-election-of (accessed 2026-10-17).