To table an appeal from a decision of the chair that it was in the power of the house to order debate closed on one of the subjects of the President's message,

On Dec 31, 1851, the House voted 92–64. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 57–27, Others 35–37. 27 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 92
No: 64
Did not vote: 83
Date: Dec 31, 1851

By party

Democrats57 yes · 27 no · 45 didn’t vote
Others35 yes · 37 no · 38 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
Lincoln Clark D-IA voted no
James Lockhart D-IN voted no
Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted no
Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
Edward Hammond D-MD voted no
Willard Preble Hall D-MO voted no
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted no
William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted no
Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted no
Daniel Wallace D-SC voted no
James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted no
William Aiken D-SC voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
Richardson Scurry D-TX voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
Fayette Mcmullen 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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