To amend H.R. 337, by providing that neither the office of the secretary of interior, nor any bureau thereof other than the patent office, shall be located in t

On Feb 21, 1853, the House voted 104–69 (HR 337). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 55–42, Others 49–27. 42 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 104
No: 69
Did not vote: 66
Date: Feb 21, 1853

By party

Democrats55 yes · 42 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others49 yes · 27 no · 34 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted no
Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT voted no
Lincoln Clark D-IA voted no
William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted no
John Larne Robinson D-IN voted no
James W. Stone D-KY voted no
John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted no
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA voted no
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
Willard Preble Hall D-MO voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH voted no
Harry Hibbard D-NH voted no
Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted no
Charles Skelton D-NJ voted no
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted no
Gilbert Dean D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Willard Ives D-NY voted no
Reuben Robie D-NY voted no
David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted no
Charles Sweetser D-OH voted no
Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
Daniel Wallace D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
William Ferguson Colcock D-SC voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
Richardson Scurry D-TX voted no
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Richard Kidder Meade D-VA voted no
Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted no
Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA 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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