To adjourn, during debate on a resolution regarding ending debate in 5 minutes in the committee of the whole on H.R. 44, pension appropriation bill.

On May 24, 1852, the House voted 64–94. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–59, Others 38–35. 26 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 64
No: 94
Did not vote: 81
Date: May 24, 1852

By party

Democrats26 yes · 59 no · 44 didn’t vote
Others38 yes · 35 no · 37 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted yes
Edward Colston Marshall D-CA voted yes
William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted yes
Thompson Campbell D-IL voted yes
James Lockhart D-IN voted yes
Daniel Mace D-IN voted yes
Louis St. Martin D-LA voted yes
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted yes
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted yes
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted yes
Emanuel Bernard Hart D-NY voted yes
Joseph Russell D-NY voted yes
David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted yes
Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted yes
George Henry Busby D-OH voted yes
Joseph Cable D-OH voted yes
Alfred Gilmore D-PA voted yes
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted yes
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted yes
John Mcqueen D-SC voted yes
William Ferguson Colcock D-SC voted yes
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted yes
John Letcher D-VA voted yes
George Western Thompson D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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