To adjourn, during debate on S. 1. (p. 1509-3)

On May 29, 1852, the House voted 70–113. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 42–62, Others 28–51. 42 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 70
No: 113
Did not vote: 56
Date: May 29, 1852

By party

Democrats42 yes · 62 no · 25 didn’t vote
Others28 yes · 51 no · 31 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
Edward Colston Marshall D-CA voted yes
Bernhart Henn D-IA voted yes
Lincoln Clark D-IA voted yes
William Harrison Bissell D-IL voted yes
Willis Allen D-IL voted yes
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted yes
William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted yes
James Lockhart D-IN voted yes
Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted yes
Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted yes
Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN voted yes
John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
Daniel Mace D-IN voted yes
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
Louis St. Martin D-LA voted yes
Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA voted yes
Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
Willard Preble Hall D-MO voted yes
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
Emanuel Bernard Hart D-NY voted yes
Joseph Russell D-NY voted yes
Thomas Y. Howe Jr. D-NY voted yes
David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted yes
Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted yes
Frederick William Green D-OH voted yes
Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted yes
David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted yes
Norton Strange Townshend D-OH voted yes
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted yes
William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted yes
John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted yes
Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA 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
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
Richardson Scurry D-TX voted yes
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX 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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