To suspend rules and introduce a resolution that for the remainder of the present session it shall be in the power of the majority at any time to suspend so muc

On Aug 2, 1852, the House voted 85–78. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 45–42, Others 40–36. 42 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 85
No: 78
Did not vote: 76
Date: Aug 2, 1852

By party

Democrats45 yes · 42 no · 42 didn’t vote
Others40 yes · 36 no · 34 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Joseph Walker Mccorkle D-CA voted no
Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted no
Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT voted no
Bernhart Henn D-IA voted no
Lincoln Clark D-IA voted no
William Harrison Bissell D-IL voted no
Richard Sheppard Molony D-IL voted no
Daniel Mace D-IN voted no
Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
Louis St. Martin D-LA voted no
John Appleton D-ME voted no
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted no
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted no
Abraham P. Stephens D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
Leander Babcock D-NY voted no
Thomas Y. Howe Jr. D-NY voted no
Frederick William Green D-OH voted no
Norton Strange Townshend D-OH voted no
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
John Mcnair D-PA voted no
Thomas Ross D-PA voted no
James Gamble D-PA voted no
Alfred Gilmore D-PA voted no
James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
William Aiken D-SC voted no
William Ferguson Colcock D-SC voted no
Richardson Scurry D-TX voted no
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Richard Kidder Meade D-VA voted no
Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted no
James Madison Hite Beale 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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