House roll call 378 · 32nd Congress · Jan 20, 1853
To resolve into the committee of the whole to consider S. 64, an act to provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of american citizens for spolia
On Jan 20, 1853, the House voted 59–103 (S 64). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 48–34, Others 11–69. 34 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 59
- No
- 103
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Jan 20, 1853
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 34 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 69 no · 30 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR 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
- Richard Sheppard Molony D-IL voted no
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- Edward Preble Little D-MA voted no
- Edward Hammond D-MD voted no
- John Appleton D-ME voted no
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
- Rodman McCamley Price D-NJ voted no
- Emanuel Bernard Hart D-NY voted no
- Josiah Sutherland D-NY voted no
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
- Leander Babcock D-NY voted no
- Thomas Y. Howe Jr. D-NY voted no
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted no
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted no
- Frederick William Green D-OH voted no
- James Madison Gaylord D-OH voted no
- David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted no
- Norton Strange Townshend D-OH voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- John Robbins D-PA voted no
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted no
- Andrew Parker D-PA voted no
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA voted no
- Alfred Gilmore D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted no
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
- Thomas Bartlett Jr. D-VT voted no
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Bragg D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Charles Murphey O-GA
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- John Larne Robinson D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA
- John Moore O-LA
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- John A. Wilcox O-MS
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Isaac Wildrick D-NJ
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Willard Ives D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Reuben Robie D-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Charles Sweetser D-OH
- George Henry Busby D-OH
- Joseph Cable D-OH
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Albert Galiton Watkins O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Richardson Scurry D-TX
- Volney Erskine Howard D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA
- Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Madison Hite Beale D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Charles Chapman O-CT
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Joseph Webber Jackson O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- Lincoln Clark D-IA
- Richard Sheppard Molony D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- William Thomas Ward O-KY
- Addison White O-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Joseph Aristide Landry O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Francis Ball Fay O-MA
- James Henry Duncan O-MA
- Lorenzo Sabine O-MA
- Charles Allen O-MA
- George Thomas Davis O-MA
- Horace Mann O-MA
- Edward Preble Little D-MA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Richard Johns Bowie O-MD
- Edward Hammond D-MD
- Thomas Yates Walsh O-MD
- Joseph Stewart Cottman O-MD
- John Appleton D-ME
- Robert Goodenow O-ME
- Isaac Reed O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman O-MI
- John Fletcher Darby O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Benjamin Duke Nabers O-MS
- Albert Gallatin Brown O-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell O-NC
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- Amos Tuck O-NH
- Rodman McCamley Price D-NJ
- Emanuel Bernard Hart D-NY
- John Henry Hobart Haws O-NY
- George Briggs O-NY
- James Brooks O-NY
- Josiah Sutherland D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft O-NY
- John Wells O-NY
- Leander Babcock D-NY
- Thomas Y. Howe Jr. D-NY
- Henry Sanford Walbridge O-NY
- William Augustus Sackett O-NY
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn O-NY
- Jerediah Horsford O-NY
- Frederick Stanley Martin O-NY
- Lorenzo Burrows O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Nelson Barrere O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- John Welch O-OH
- James Madison Gaylord D-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
- Henry Dunning Moore O-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- Thomas Marshal Bibighaus O-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Andrew Parker D-PA
- Joseph Henry Kuhns 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
- William Cullom O-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- James French Strother O-VA
- Ahiman Louis Miner O-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Thomas Bartlett Jr. D-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
- James Duane Doty O-WI
Did not vote
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Alexander White O-AL
- Edward Colston Marshall D-CA
- Joseph Walker Mccorkle D-CA
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- James Johnson O-GA
- David Jackson Bailey O-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain O-GA
- Junius Hillyer O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Harrison Bissell D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thompson Campbell D-IL
- James Lockhart D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Orin Fowler O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Charles Andrews D-ME
- Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Lockwood Conger O-MI
- Willard Preble Hall D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John D. Freeman O-MS
- James Turner Morehead O-NC
- Jared Perkins O-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- George Houston Brown O-NJ
- Obadiah Bowne O-NY
- Abraham P. Stephens D-NY
- Marius Schoonmaker O-NY
- John Huggins Boyd O-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Buell D-NY
- William W. Snow D-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Augustus Porter Hascall O-NY
- Hiram Bell O-OH
- William Forrest Hunter O-OH
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Thomas Ross D-PA
- John Alexander Morrison D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- William Hawkins Polk O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- George Western Thompson D-VA
- William Hebard O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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