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On Aug 19, 1852, the House voted 73–91 (HJR 23). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 50–35, Others 23–56. 35 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 73
No: 91
Did not vote: 75
Date: Aug 19, 1852

By party

Democrats50 yes · 35 no · 44 didn’t vote
Others23 yes · 56 no · 31 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted no
Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT voted no
George Read Riddle D-DE voted no
Bernhart Henn D-IA voted no
Lincoln Clark D-IA voted no
William Harrison Bissell D-IL voted no
Willis Allen D-IL voted no
James Lockhart D-IN voted no
Daniel Mace D-IN voted no
John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted no
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
Louis St. Martin D-LA voted no
Edward Hammond D-MD voted no
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted no
Abraham P. Stephens D-NY voted no
Gilbert Dean D-NY voted no
Josiah Sutherland D-NY voted no
David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted no
Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted no
Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted no
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
John Robbins D-PA voted no
Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA voted no
Alfred Gilmore D-PA 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
John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
Alexander Richmond Holladay 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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