To agree to the report of the committee on rules, which proposes to amend rule 34 by adding at the end thereof, the following--"after which any member who shall

On Aug 14, 1850, the House voted 113–46. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 42–40, Others 71–6. 40 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 113
No: 46
Did not vote: 84
Date: Aug 14, 1850

By party

Others71 yes · 6 no · 46 didn’t vote
Democrats42 yes · 40 no · 37 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Williams Inge D-AL voted no
David Hubbard D-AL voted no
Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA voted no
Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
William Harrison Bissell D-IL voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted no
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
Emile La Sére D-LA voted no
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD 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
William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted no
Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted no
David Wilmot D-PA voted no
Daniel Wallace D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
James Houston Thomas D-TN voted no
Andrew Ewing D-TN voted no
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted no
Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted no
Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted no
Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA voted no
Richard Parker D-VA voted no
James Mcdowell D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
Fayette Mcmullen 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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