To table S. 3. (p. 1491-3)

On May 27, 1852, the House voted 74–94 (S 3). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 47–47, Others 27–47. 47 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 74
No: 94
Did not vote: 71
Date: May 27, 1852

By party

Democrats47 yes · 47 no · 35 didn’t vote
Others27 yes · 47 no · 36 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
George Read Riddle D-DE voted no
Bernhart Henn D-IA voted no
Lincoln Clark D-IA voted no
William Harrison Bissell D-IL voted no
Willis Allen D-IL voted no
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
Richard Sheppard Molony D-IL voted no
William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
Thompson Campbell D-IL voted no
James Lockhart D-IN voted no
John Larne Robinson D-IN voted no
Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN voted no
John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
Daniel Mace D-IN voted no
Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
Louis St. Martin D-LA voted no
Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA voted no
Moses Macdonald D-ME voted no
Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
Willard Preble Hall D-MO voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted no
Emanuel Bernard Hart D-NY voted no
Abraham P. Stephens D-NY voted no
David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted no
Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted no
Frederick William Green D-OH voted no
Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted no
George Henry Busby D-OH voted no
James Madison Gaylord D-OH voted no
Norton Strange Townshend D-OH voted no
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA 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
James Gamble D-PA voted no
William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted no
Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA voted no
Alfred Gilmore D-PA voted no
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted no
James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
Richardson Scurry D-TX 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 table S. 3. (p. 1491-3): House Vote, May 27, 1852,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/32-H-163/to-table-s-3-p-1491-3 (accessed 2026-10-14).