House roll call 54 · 31st Congress · Jan 28, 1850
To refer to the committee on foreign affairs the memorial of the american peace society praying Congress to inquire into the expediency of entering into interna
On Jan 28, 1850, the House voted 100–99. Result: passed. By party: Others 16–86, Democrats 84–13. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 100
- No
- 99
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Jan 28, 1850
By party
- Others16 yes · 86 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats84 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL voted no
- Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT voted no
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT voted no
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted no
- Charles Stetson D-ME voted no
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI voted no
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH voted no
- Charles Sweetser D-OH voted no
- John Krepps Miller D-OH voted no
- William Strong D-PA voted no
- David Wilmot D-PA voted no
- James Duane Doty D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Jeffreys Alston O-AL
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- David Hubbard D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Marshall Johnson Wellborn D-GA
- Allen Ferdinand Owen O-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Thompson D-IA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- William Harrison Bissell D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Timothy Roberts Young D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Nathaniel Albertson D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- John Larne Robinson D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- James Leeper Johnson O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Elbridge Gerry D-ME
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Alexander Woodruff Buel D-MI
- William Van Ness Bay D-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Willard Preble Hall D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Isaac Wildrick D-NJ
- George Briggs O-NY
- Hiram Walden D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Amos Eastman Wood D-OH
- Jonathan David Morris D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Moses Hoagland D-OH
- Joseph Cable D-OH
- David Kellogg Cartter D-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- Thomas Ross D-PA
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA
- James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA
- Job Mann D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Albert Galiton Watkins O-TN
- Josiah McNair Anderson O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Andrew Ewing D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Volney Erskine Howard D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA
- Richard Parker D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL
- Loren Pinckney Waldo D-CT
- Walter Booth O-CT
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT
- Thomas Belden Butler O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- George Washington Julian O-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- Finis Ewing Mclean O-KY
- Daniel Breck O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Charles Slaughter Morehead O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King 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
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- John Bozman Kerr O-MD
- John Otis O-ME
- Rufus King Goodenow O-ME
- Charles Stetson D-ME
- William Sprague O-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- Amos Tuck O-NH
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- James Wilson O-NH
- Andrew Kessler Hay O-NJ
- William Augustus Newell O-NJ
- John Van Dyke O-NJ
- James Gore King O-NJ
- John Alsop King O-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Walter Underhill 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
- George Rex Andrews O-NY
- John Richardson Thurman O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Henry Porteous Alexander O-NY
- Preston King O-NY
- Charles Ezra Clarke O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson 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
- Elijah Risley O-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding O-NY
- Harvey Putnam O-NY
- Lorenzo Burrows O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Charles Sweetser D-OH
- John Krepps Miller D-OH
- Nathan Evans O-OH
- John Crowell O-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
- William Strong D-PA
- Chester Pierce Butler O-PA
- David Wilmot D-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
- George Gordon King O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Jeremiah Morton O-VA
- Thomas Sherwood Haymond O-VA
- William Henry O-VT
- William Hebard O-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Orasmus Cole O-WI
- James Duane Doty D-WI
Did not vote
- Edward Gilbert D-CA
- George Washington Wright I-CA
- Joseph Webber Jackson D-GA
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Thomas C. Hackett D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Daniel Fry Miller O-IA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Henry Adams Bullard O-LA
- Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Samuel Atkins Eliot O-MA
- Charles Allen O-MA
- Richard Johns Bowie O-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Edward Hammond D-MD
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- William Mcwillie D-MS
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- David Alexander Bokee O-NY
- Gideon Reynolds O-NY
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Robert Lawson Rose O-NY
- David Rumsey O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- John Bell O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- William Augustus Whittlesey D-OH
- William Forrest Hunter O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens O-PA
- John Brisbin D-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Joel Buchanan Danner D-PA
- Alfred Gilmore D-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA
- James Madison Hite Beale D-VA
- Alexander Newman D-VA
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Other votes
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