To suspend rules and consider H.R. 76, a bill making a grant a public lands to the several states of the union for the benefit of indigent insane persons. (p.

On Jul 26, 1852, the House voted 100–53 (HR 76). Result: passed. By party: Others 72–8, Democrats 28–45. 28 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 100
No: 53
Did not vote: 86
Date: Jul 26, 1852

By party

Democrats28 yes · 45 no · 56 didn’t vote
Others72 yes · 8 no · 30 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted yes
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT 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
Thompson Campbell D-IL voted yes
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME voted yes
Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH voted yes
Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted yes
Charles Skelton D-NJ voted yes
Rodman McCamley Price D-NJ voted yes
Abraham P. Stephens D-NY voted yes
Josiah Sutherland D-NY voted yes
Frederick William Green D-OH voted yes
James Madison Gaylord 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
John Mcnair D-PA voted yes
William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted yes
James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA voted yes
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN 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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