To amend a motion that when the house adjourn it be to meet next on saturday, by striking out saturday, and inserting friday. (p.1331-1)

On Jul 3, 1850, the House voted 88–63. Result: passed. By party: Others 55–25, Democrats 33–38. 33 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 88
No: 63
Did not vote: 92
Date: Jul 3, 1850

By party

Others55 yes · 25 no · 43 didn’t vote
Democrats33 yes · 38 no · 48 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT voted yes
Timothy Roberts Young D-IL voted yes
John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted yes
Nathaniel Albertson D-IN voted yes
Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted yes
William John Brown D-IN voted yes
Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN voted yes
Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN voted yes
Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME voted yes
Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted yes
Charles Stetson D-ME voted yes
William Mcwillie D-MS voted yes
Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH voted yes
Harry Hibbard D-NH voted yes
Jonathan David Morris D-OH voted yes
Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted yes
John Krepps Miller D-OH voted yes
David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted yes
Thomas Ross D-PA voted yes
David Wilmot D-PA voted yes
James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA voted yes
Job Mann D-PA voted yes
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted yes
Richard Parker D-VA voted yes
Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT voted yes

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 motion that when the house…: House Vote, Jul 3, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-H-208/to-amend-a-motion-that-when-the-house-adjourn (accessed 2026-10-17).