To adjourn, during debate on H.R. 280.

On Jun 15, 1852, the House voted 73–88. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 25–60, Others 48–28. 25 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 73
No: 88
Did not vote: 78
Date: Jun 15, 1852

By party

Democrats25 yes · 60 no · 44 didn’t vote
Others48 yes · 28 no · 34 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Bernhart Henn D-IA voted yes
John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
Louis St. Martin D-LA voted yes
Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA voted yes
Edward Hammond D-MD voted yes
Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME voted yes
William W. Snow D-NY voted yes
Daniel Terryll Jones 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
George Henry Busby D-OH voted yes
Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA voted yes
Andrew Parker D-PA voted yes
Alfred Gilmore D-PA voted yes
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
John Houston Savage D-TN voted yes
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
Richardson Scurry D-TX voted yes
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted yes
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted yes
John Letcher D-VA voted yes
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
James Madison Hite Beale 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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