To order the main question on a resolution sustaining the fugitive slave law and deprecating agitation on the subject.

On Apr 5, 1852, the House voted 109–68. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 65–31, Others 44–37. 31 members voted against their own party.

During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.

Yes: 109
No: 68
Did not vote: 62
Date: Apr 5, 1852

By party

Democrats65 yes · 31 no · 33 didn’t vote
Others44 yes · 37 no · 29 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard Sheppard Molony D-IL voted no
Thompson Campbell D-IL voted no
Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA voted no
Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME voted no
Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted no
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted no
Abraham P. Stephens D-NY voted no
Gilbert Dean D-NY voted no
William Murray D-NY voted no
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
Joseph Russell D-NY voted no
Alexander Hamilton Buell D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Willard Ives D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
William W. Snow D-NY voted no
Leander Babcock D-NY voted no
Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted no
Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted no
Charles Sweetser D-OH voted no
James Madison Gaylord D-OH voted no
Joseph Cable D-OH voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow 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
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
Thomas Bartlett Jr. D-VT voted no
Ben C. Eastman D-WI 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 order the main question on a resolution…: House Vote, Apr 5, 1852,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/32-H-102/to-order-the-main-question-on-a-resolution-sustaining (accessed 2026-10-15).