To suspend rules and introduce a joint resolution on the public printing.

On Apr 12, 1852, the House voted 97–59. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 57–28, Others 40–31. 28 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 97
No: 59
Did not vote: 83
Date: Apr 12, 1852

By party

Democrats57 yes · 28 no · 44 didn’t vote
Others40 yes · 31 no · 39 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted no
George Read Riddle D-DE voted no
Lincoln Clark D-IA voted no
James Lockhart D-IN voted no
Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN voted no
Daniel Mace D-IN voted no
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
Edward Hammond D-MD voted no
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
Charles Skelton D-NJ voted no
Rodman McCamley Price D-NJ voted no
Gilbert Dean D-NY voted no
Josiah Sutherland D-NY voted no
James Madison Gaylord D-OH voted no
Thomas Ross D-PA voted no
John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted no
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted no
George Western Thompson D-VA voted no
Thomas Bartlett Jr. D-VT 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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