House roll call 470 · 31st Congress · Jan 17, 1851
To agree to an amendment to H. R. 351, which amendment authorizes postmaster general to establish post routes in cities and towns where postmasters are appointe
On Jan 17, 1851, the House voted 106–88 (HR 351). Result: passed. By party: Others 86–14, Democrats 19–74, Independents 1–0. 19 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 106
- No
- 88
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Jan 17, 1851
By party
- Others86 yes · 14 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 74 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Edward Gilbert D-CA voted yes
- Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- William John Brown D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- Edward Hammond D-MD voted yes
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted yes
- Charles Stetson D-ME voted yes
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI voted yes
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH voted yes
- George Washington Morrison D-NH voted yes
- Hiram Walden D-NY voted yes
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Cable D-OH voted yes
- John Robbins D-PA voted yes
- Alfred Gilmore D-PA voted yes
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted yes
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
- James Madison Hite Beale D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Jeffreys Alston O-AL
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- Edward Gilbert D-CA
- George Washington Wright I-CA
- Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT
- Walter Booth O-CT
- Thomas Belden Butler O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- William John Brown D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Charles Slaughter Morehead O-KY
- Samuel Atkins Eliot O-MA
- James Henry Duncan O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Horace Mann O-MA
- Orin Fowler O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Richard Johns Bowie O-MD
- Edward Hammond D-MD
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- John Bozman Kerr O-MD
- John Otis O-ME
- Rufus King Goodenow O-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Charles Stetson D-ME
- William Sprague O-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- Amos Tuck O-NH
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Andrew Kessler Hay O-NJ
- John Van Dyke O-NJ
- James Gore King O-NJ
- John Alsop King O-NY
- David Alexander Bokee O-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Walter Underhill O-NY
- George Briggs O-NY
- James Brooks O-NY
- William Nelson O-NY
- Ransom Halloway O-NY
- Thomas Mckissock O-NY
- Herman Day Gould O-NY
- Peter Henry Silvester O-NY
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft O-NY
- George Rex Andrews O-NY
- John Richardson Thurman 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
- William Duer O-NY
- Daniel Gott O-NY
- Harmon Sweatland Conger O-NY
- William Terry Jackson O-NY
- William Augustus Sackett O-NY
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn O-NY
- Robert Lawson Rose O-NY
- David Rumsey O-NY
- Elijah Risley O-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding O-NY
- Harvey Putnam O-NY
- Lorenzo Burrows O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Nathan Evans O-OH
- William Forrest Hunter O-OH
- Joseph Cable D-OH
- John Crowell O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- Henry Dunning Moore O-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- John Freedley O-PA
- Jesse Column Dickey O-PA
- Joseph Casey O-PA
- Charles Wesley Pitman O-PA
- Samuel Calvin O-PA
- Andrew Jackson Ogle O-PA
- Robert Rentoul Reed O-PA
- Moses Hampton O-PA
- John W. Howe O-PA
- Alfred Gilmore D-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Jeremiah Morton O-VA
- James Madison Hite Beale D-VA
- Thomas Sherwood Haymond O-VA
- William Henry O-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Orasmus Cole O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA
- Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Timothy Roberts Young D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Nathaniel Albertson D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- George Washington Julian O-IN
- Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- James Leeper Johnson O-KY
- Finis Ewing Mclean O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Daniel Breck O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Charles Allen O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Elbridge Gerry D-ME
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- William Van Ness Bay D-MO
- Willard Preble Hall D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS
- William Mcwillie D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell O-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Charles Ezra Clarke O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Jonathan David Morris D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Charles Sweetser D-OH
- David Kellogg Cartter D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Thomas Ross D-PA
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA
- John Brisbin D-PA
- Joel Buchanan Danner D-PA
- James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA
- Job Mann D-PA
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Albert Galiton Watkins O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- Andrew Ewing D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Volney Erskine Howard D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA
- Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA
- Richard Parker D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT
- James Duane Doty D-WI
Did not vote
- David Hubbard D-AL
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Allen Ferdinand Owen 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
- William Harrison Bissell D-IL
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- John Larne Robinson D-IN
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Henry Adams Bullard O-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Alexander Woodruff Buel D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- James Wilson O-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- William Augustus Newell O-NJ
- Isaac Wildrick D-NJ
- Gideon Reynolds O-NY
- Amos Eastman Wood D-OH
- John Bell O-OH
- John Krepps Miller D-OH
- William Augustus Whittlesey D-OH
- Moses Hoagland D-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens O-PA
- William Strong D-PA
- Chester Pierce Butler O-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- George Gordon King O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Josiah McNair Anderson O-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Alexander Newman D-VA
- William Hebard O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Other votes
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