To suspend rules and introduce a resolution to appropriate the sum of $10,000,000, to be set apart out of any funds in the treas. To be placed at the disposal o

On Jan 17, 1853, the House voted 26–150. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–67, Others 3–83. 23 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 26
No: 150
Did not vote: 63
Date: Jan 17, 1853

By party

Democrats23 yes · 67 no · 39 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 83 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edward Colston Marshall D-CA voted yes
Joseph Walker Mccorkle D-CA voted yes
George Read Riddle D-DE voted yes
Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN voted yes
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted yes
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
Louis St. Martin D-LA voted yes
William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted yes
Gilbert Dean D-NY voted yes
Joseph Russell D-NY voted yes
Frederick William Green D-OH voted yes
Charles Sweetser D-OH voted yes
James Madison Gaylord D-OH voted yes
David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted yes
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
Thomas Ross D-PA voted yes
James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted yes
Armistead Burt D-SC voted yes
John Houston Savage D-TN voted yes
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
Richardson Scurry D-TX voted yes
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted yes
James Madison Hite Beale D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend rules and introduce a resolution…: House Vote, Jan 17, 1853,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/32-H-367/to-suspend-rules-and-introduce-a-resolution-to-appropriate (accessed 2026-10-15).