House roll call 372 · 31st Congress · Sep 10, 1850
To amend a motion to refer the credentials of e. Gilbert and g. Wright from california to committee on elections, by providing that they be sworn in and take TH
On Sep 10, 1850, the House voted 109–59. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 46–41, Others 63–18. 41 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 109
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Sep 10, 1850
By party
- Others63 yes · 18 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 41 no · 32 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL voted no
- David Hubbard D-AL voted no
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL voted no
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA voted no
- Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA voted no
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted no
- Emile La Sére D-LA voted no
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- James Stephen Green D-MO 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
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted no
- Thomas Ross 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
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA voted no
- Thomas Hamlet Averett 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
- Richard Parker D-VA voted no
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT
- Walter Booth O-CT
- Thomas Belden Butler O-CT
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- William Harrison Bissell D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- Nathaniel Albertson D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- John Larne Robinson D-IN
- George Washington Julian O-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Finis Ewing Mclean O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Samuel Atkins Eliot O-MA
- James Henry Duncan O-MA
- Charles Allen O-MA
- Orin Fowler O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Elbridge Gerry D-ME
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Charles Stetson D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Alexander Woodruff Buel D-MI
- William Sprague O-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- William Van Ness Bay D-MO
- Willard Preble Hall D-MO
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Amos Tuck O-NH
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Andrew Kessler Hay O-NJ
- Isaac Wildrick D-NJ
- James Gore King O-NJ
- John Alsop King O-NY
- Walter Underhill O-NY
- George Briggs O-NY
- William Nelson O-NY
- Ransom Halloway O-NY
- Thomas Mckissock O-NY
- Peter Henry Silvester O-NY
- Gideon Reynolds O-NY
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft O-NY
- George Rex Andrews O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Henry Porteous Alexander O-NY
- Preston King O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Hiram Walden D-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Daniel Gott O-NY
- William Terry Jackson O-NY
- William Augustus Sackett O-NY
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn O-NY
- Harvey Putnam O-NY
- Lorenzo Burrows O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Jonathan David Morris D-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Charles Sweetser D-OH
- John Krepps Miller D-OH
- Nathan Evans O-OH
- William Forrest Hunter O-OH
- Moses Hoagland D-OH
- Joseph Cable D-OH
- David Kellogg Cartter D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- Henry Dunning Moore O-PA
- John Freedley O-PA
- Jesse Column Dickey O-PA
- Chester Pierce Butler O-PA
- Joseph Casey O-PA
- Charles Wesley Pitman O-PA
- James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA
- Samuel Calvin O-PA
- Job Mann D-PA
- Robert Rentoul Reed O-PA
- Moses Hampton O-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Alfred Gilmore D-PA
- George Gordon King O-RI
- Albert Galiton Watkins O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Andrew Ewing D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Volney Erskine Howard D-TX
- James Madison Hite Beale D-VA
- William Hebard O-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Orasmus Cole O-WI
- James Duane Doty D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL
- David Hubbard D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA
- Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA
- Allen Ferdinand Owen O-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Leeper Johnson O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Horace Mann O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- John Bozman Kerr O-MD
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS
- William Mcwillie D-MS
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- James Brooks O-NY
- David Rumsey O-NY
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Thomas Ross D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens O-PA
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Josiah McNair Anderson O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA
- Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA
- Richard Parker D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Did not vote
- William Jeffreys Alston O-AL
- Edward Gilbert D-CA
- George Washington Wright I-CA
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Thomas C. Hackett D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Daniel Fry Miller O-IA
- William Thompson D-IA
- Timothy Roberts Young D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Daniel Breck O-KY
- Charles Slaughter Morehead O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Henry Adams Bullard O-LA
- Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Richard Johns Bowie O-MD
- Edward Hammond D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- John Otis O-ME
- Rufus King Goodenow O-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- James Wilson O-NH
- William Augustus Newell O-NJ
- John Van Dyke O-NJ
- David Alexander Bokee O-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Herman Day Gould O-NY
- John Richardson Thurman O-NY
- Charles Ezra Clarke O-NY
- William Duer O-NY
- Harmon Sweatland Conger O-NY
- Robert Lawson Rose O-NY
- Elijah Risley O-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding O-NY
- Amos Eastman Wood D-OH
- John Bell O-OH
- William Augustus Whittlesey D-OH
- John Crowell O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Strong D-PA
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA
- John Brisbin D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Joel Buchanan Danner D-PA
- Andrew Jackson Ogle O-PA
- John W. Howe O-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Jeremiah Morton O-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Alexander Newman D-VA
- Thomas Sherwood Haymond O-VA
- William Henry O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT
Other votes
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