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House recorded vote (31st Congress) · December 16, 1850

Recorded vote

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION THAT H. R. 351, A BILL TO REDUCE AND MODIFY POSTAL RATES BE MADE A SPECIAL ORDER FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY, TO BE CONTINUED UNTIL DISPOSED OF. (P.50-2)

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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

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The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

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The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
  • This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The map

How each state's members voted

In 16 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 3 every one voted no; 11 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 4 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 4 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  5. Washington: no member on this roll call
  6. Idaho: no member on this roll call
  7. Montana: no member on this roll call
  8. North Dakota: no member on this roll call
  9. Minnesota: no member on this roll call
  10. Illinois: 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 3 yes, 0 no
  13. New York: 31 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 8 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: no member on this roll call
  17. Nevada: no member on this roll call
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 10 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 20 yes, 0 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 20 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 4 yes, 0 no
  26. California: 2 yes, 0 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: no member on this roll call
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 4 no
  31. Kentucky: 5 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 5 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 2 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: no member on this roll call
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no
  40. Tennessee: 3 yes, 8 no
  41. North Carolina: 2 yes, 7 no
  42. South Carolina: 1 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 4 no
  47. Alabama: 2 yes, 5 no
  48. Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Florida 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Iowa 1 yes, 0 no

Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Maryland 2 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

New Hampshire 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 230 members

Select any member to pull their file.