To table a resolution closing debate in the committee of the whole at one o'clock thursday on H.R. 7, the homestead bill.

On Apr 20, 1852, the House voted 108–52. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 64–28, Others 44–24. 28 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 108
No: 52
Did not vote: 79
Date: Apr 20, 1852

By party

Democrats64 yes · 28 no · 37 didn’t vote
Others44 yes · 24 no · 42 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Bragg D-AL voted no
Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
Joseph Walker Mccorkle D-CA voted no
Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted no
Lincoln Clark D-IA voted no
James Lockhart D-IN voted no
Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
John Appleton D-ME voted no
Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Emanuel Bernard Hart D-NY voted no
Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted no
David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted no
John Robbins D-PA voted no
Daniel Wallace D-SC voted no
James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
William Aiken D-SC voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
Richardson Scurry D-TX voted no
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted no
John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA 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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