To adjourn until wednesday next (over christmas). (p.112-3)

On Dec 23, 1850, the House voted 92–83. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 61–32, Others 31–50, Independents 0–1. 32 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 92
No: 83
Did not vote: 68
Date: Dec 23, 1850

By party

Others31 yes · 50 no · 42 didn’t vote
Democrats61 yes · 32 no · 26 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Edward Gilbert D-CA voted no
Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT voted no
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT voted no
Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
Nathaniel Albertson D-IN voted no
John Larne Robinson D-IN voted no
William John Brown D-IN voted no
Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted no
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
Charles Stetson D-ME voted no
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH voted no
George Washington Morrison D-NH voted no
Harry Hibbard D-NH voted no
Isaac Wildrick D-NJ voted no
Jonathan David Morris D-OH voted no
Charles Sweetser D-OH voted no
John Krepps Miller D-OH voted no
William Augustus Whittlesey D-OH voted no
Joseph Cable D-OH voted no
David Wilmot D-PA voted no
Joel Buchanan Danner D-PA voted no
Job Mann D-PA voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Thomas Hamlet Averett 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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Capitol Receipts, “To adjourn until wednesday next (over…: House Vote, Dec 23, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-H-449/to-adjourn-until-wednesday-next-over-christmas-p-112 (accessed 2026-10-17).