To pass a resolution providing for evening sessions for the house.

On Feb 7, 1853, the House voted 120–55. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 69–32, Others 51–23. 32 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 120
No: 55
Did not vote: 64
Date: Feb 7, 1853

By party

Democrats69 yes · 32 no · 28 didn’t vote
Others51 yes · 23 no · 36 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Bragg D-AL voted no
Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
Thompson Campbell D-IL voted no
John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted no
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
Moses Macdonald D-ME voted no
John Appleton D-ME voted no
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted no
Isaac Wildrick D-NJ voted no
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted no
Abraham P. Stephens D-NY voted no
Gilbert Dean D-NY voted no
David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted no
Charles Sweetser D-OH voted no
George Henry Busby D-OH voted no
Joseph Cable D-OH voted no
David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted no
Thomas Ross D-PA voted no
Andrew Parker D-PA voted no
John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted no
Daniel Wallace D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
Richardson Scurry D-TX voted no
Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
Ben C. Eastman D-WI 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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