To recommit H.R. 280 to the committee on public lands. (p. 1563-2)

On Jun 14, 1852, the House voted 78–109 (HR 280). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 62–32, Others 16–77. 32 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 78
No: 109
Did not vote: 52
Date: Jun 14, 1852

By party

Democrats62 yes · 32 no · 35 didn’t vote
Others16 yes · 77 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT voted no
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
Daniel Mace D-IN voted no
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME voted no
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted no
Abraham P. Stephens D-NY voted no
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
William W. Snow D-NY voted no
Reuben Robie D-NY voted no
Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted no
David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted no
Norton Strange Townshend D-OH voted no
John Alexander Morrison D-PA voted no
Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA voted no
James Gamble D-PA voted no
William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted no
Andrew Parker D-PA voted no
Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA voted no
Alfred Gilmore D-PA voted no
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted no
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
Richard Kidder Meade D-VA voted no
Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
James Madison Hite Beale 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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