House roll call 345 · 32nd Congress · Dec 20, 1852
To pass a resolution to appoint standing committee of fifteen members of the House Of Representatives to be called the general committee on claims whose duty it
On Dec 20, 1852, the House voted 74–89. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 33–54, Others 41–35. 33 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 74
- No
- 89
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- Dec 20, 1852
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 54 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Others41 yes · 35 no · 34 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Bragg D-AL voted yes
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Walker Mccorkle D-CA voted yes
- Willis Allen D-IL voted yes
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted yes
- Richard Sheppard Molony D-IL voted yes
- Thompson Campbell D-IL voted yes
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted yes
- John Larne Robinson D-IN voted yes
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
- Louis St. Martin D-LA voted yes
- Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA voted yes
- Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME voted yes
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted yes
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted yes
- Willard Ives D-NY voted yes
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted yes
- William W. Snow D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted yes
- George Henry Busby D-OH voted yes
- James Madison Gaylord D-OH voted yes
- John Robbins D-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted yes
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted yes
- William Aiken D-SC voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA voted yes
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted yes
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Bragg D-AL
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Joseph Walker Mccorkle D-CA
- Charles Chapman O-CT
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Joseph Webber Jackson O-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain O-GA
- Junius Hillyer O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Richard Sheppard Molony D-IL
- Thompson Campbell D-IL
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- John Larne Robinson D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- William Thomas Ward O-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Joseph Aristide Landry O-LA
- Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA
- John Moore O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- James Henry Duncan O-MA
- George Thomas Davis O-MA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Isaac Reed O-ME
- Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- James Lockwood Conger O-MI
- John Fletcher Darby O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- Benjamin Duke Nabers O-MS
- John A. Wilcox O-MS
- Albert Gallatin Brown O-MS
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell O-NC
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Willard Ives D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- William W. Snow D-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Nelson Barrere O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- George Henry Busby D-OH
- James Madison Gaylord D-OH
- William Forrest Hunter O-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Thomas Marshal Bibighaus O-PA
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- William Hawkins Polk O-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Johnson O-GA
- Charles Murphey O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- Lincoln Clark D-IA
- Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Richard Johns Bowie O-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Robert Goodenow O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman O-MI
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John D. Freeman O-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- James Turner Morehead O-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- Jared Perkins O-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Isaac Wildrick D-NJ
- Rodman McCamley Price D-NJ
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY
- Emanuel Bernard Hart D-NY
- Abraham P. Stephens D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Marius Schoonmaker O-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- John Huggins Boyd O-NY
- John Wells O-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Buell D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Henry Sanford Walbridge O-NY
- William Augustus Sackett O-NY
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn O-NY
- Jerediah Horsford O-NY
- Reuben Robie D-NY
- Augustus Porter Hascall O-NY
- Lorenzo Burrows O-NY
- Hiram Bell O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Charles Sweetser D-OH
- John Welch O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- John Johnson O-OH
- David Kellogg Cartter D-OH
- Eben Newton O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Norton Strange Townshend D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- Thomas Ross D-PA
- John Alexander Morrison D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Andrew Parker D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- John W. Howe O-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- Alfred Gilmore D-PA
- George Gordon King O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Madison Hite Beale D-VA
- William Hebard O-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
Did not vote
- Alexander White O-AL
- Edward Colston Marshall D-CA
- David Jackson Bailey O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Harrison Bissell D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- James Lockhart D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- Addison White O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Francis Ball Fay O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- Lorenzo Sabine O-MA
- Charles Allen O-MA
- Horace Mann O-MA
- Edward Preble Little D-MA
- Orin Fowler O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Edward Hammond D-MD
- Thomas Yates Walsh O-MD
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- Joseph Stewart Cottman O-MD
- John Appleton D-ME
- Charles Andrews D-ME
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Willard Preble Hall D-MO
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Amos Tuck O-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- George Houston Brown O-NJ
- Obadiah Bowne O-NY
- John Henry Hobart Haws O-NY
- George Briggs O-NY
- James Brooks O-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Josiah Sutherland D-NY
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft O-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Leander Babcock D-NY
- Thomas Y. Howe Jr. D-NY
- Frederick Stanley Martin O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Joseph Cable D-OH
- Henry Dunning Moore O-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens O-PA
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA
- James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA
- Joseph Henry Kuhns O-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Richardson Scurry D-TX
- Volney Erskine Howard D-TX
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- James French Strother O-VA
- George Western Thompson D-VA
- Ahiman Louis Miner O-VT
- Thomas Bartlett Jr. D-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- James Duane Doty O-WI
Other votes
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