To table a letter from the secretary of the interior, transmitting estimates for deficiencies.

On Jan 14, 1852, the House voted 56–111. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 52–39, Others 4–72. 39 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 56
No: 111
Did not vote: 72
Date: Jan 14, 1852

By party

Democrats52 yes · 39 no · 38 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 72 no · 34 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Edward Colston Marshall D-CA voted no
Lincoln Clark D-IA voted no
Richard Sheppard Molony D-IL voted no
Thompson Campbell D-IL voted no
Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN voted no
Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA voted no
Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted no
Charles Skelton D-NJ voted no
Rodman McCamley Price D-NJ voted no
Alexander Hamilton Buell D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Willard Ives D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted no
Andrew Parker D-PA voted no
Alfred Gilmore D-PA voted no
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted no
James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted no
Richard Kidder Meade 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
John Letcher D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted no
George Western Thompson D-VA voted no
Thomas Bartlett Jr. D-VT 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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