To amend a resolution requesting the joint committee on printing to contract for such work as the present contractor fails to do, by substituting that the repor

On Apr 19, 1852, the House voted 85–79. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–43, Others 37–36. 43 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 85
No: 79
Did not vote: 75
Date: Apr 19, 1852

By party

Democrats48 yes · 43 no · 38 didn’t vote
Others37 yes · 36 no · 37 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Bragg D-AL voted no
Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
Richard Sheppard Molony D-IL voted no
Thompson Campbell D-IL voted no
Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted no
William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted no
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Willard Ives D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted no
Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted no
Joseph Cable D-OH voted no
David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted no
Norton Strange Townshend D-OH voted no
John Robbins D-PA voted no
John Mcnair D-PA voted no
John Alexander Morrison D-PA voted no
Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted no
Andrew Parker D-PA voted no
Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA voted no
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI 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
William Aiken D-SC voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Richard Kidder Meade D-VA voted no
Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted no
Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
Fayette Mcmullen D-VA 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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