To order the main question on recommitting H.R. 280, to the committee on public lands, with instructions.

On Jun 24, 1852, the House voted 103–79 (HR 280). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–66, Others 74–13. 29 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 103
No: 79
Did not vote: 57
Date: Jun 24, 1852

By party

Democrats29 yes · 66 no · 34 didn’t vote
Others74 yes · 13 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted yes
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT voted yes
Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT voted yes
George Read Riddle D-DE voted yes
Lincoln Clark D-IA voted yes
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME voted yes
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted yes
Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted yes
Abraham P. Stephens D-NY voted yes
William Murray D-NY voted yes
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted yes
William W. Snow D-NY voted yes
Leander Babcock D-NY voted yes
Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted yes
Thomas Y. Howe Jr. D-NY voted yes
Reuben Robie D-NY voted yes
John Alexander Morrison D-PA voted yes
Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted yes
Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA voted yes
William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted yes
Andrew Parker D-PA voted yes
Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA voted yes
Alfred Gilmore D-PA voted yes
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
Armistead Burt D-SC voted yes
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN 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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