To order the main question on recommitting to the committee on commerce H.R. 282, (8-30-52), a bill making appropriations for certain rivers and harbors.

On Jul 30, 1852, the House voted 98–78 (HR 282). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 57–36, Others 41–42. 36 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 98
No: 78
Did not vote: 63
Date: Jul 30, 1852

By party

Democrats57 yes · 36 no · 36 didn’t vote
Others41 yes · 42 no · 27 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
William Harrison Bissell D-IL voted no
Willis Allen D-IL voted no
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
Richard Sheppard Molony D-IL voted no
William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted no
John Larne Robinson D-IN voted no
Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
James W. Stone D-KY voted no
John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted no
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA voted no
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH voted no
Harry Hibbard D-NH voted no
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted no
David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted no
Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted no
George Henry Busby D-OH voted no
Joseph Cable D-OH voted no
Thomas Ross D-PA 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
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson 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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