House roll call 43 · 32nd Congress · Jan 26, 1852
To order the main question on a resolution instructing the secretaries of state, treasury, interior, navy, and war, and the postmaster general to report to the
On Jan 26, 1852, the House voted 125–63. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 106–0, Others 19–63.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 125
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Jan 26, 1852
By party
- Democrats106 yes · 0 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others19 yes · 63 no · 28 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Bragg D-AL
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Edward Colston Marshall D-CA
- Joseph Walker Mccorkle D-CA
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Joseph Webber Jackson O-GA
- Charles Murphey O-GA
- Junius Hillyer O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- Lincoln Clark D-IA
- William Harrison Bissell D-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thompson Campbell D-IL
- James Lockhart D-IN
- 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
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- James W. Stone D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA
- Charles Allen O-MA
- Horace Mann O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- John Appleton D-ME
- Charles Andrews D-ME
- Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Willard Preble Hall D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Benjamin Duke Nabers O-MS
- John A. Wilcox O-MS
- Albert Gallatin Brown O-MS
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Rodman McCamley Price D-NJ
- Emanuel Bernard Hart D-NY
- Abraham P. Stephens D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Buell D-NY
- Willard Ives D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- William W. Snow D-NY
- Leander Babcock D-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Thomas Y. Howe Jr. D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Charles Sweetser D-OH
- George Henry Busby D-OH
- James Madison Gaylord D-OH
- John Johnson O-OH
- David Kellogg Cartter D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- John Alexander Morrison D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA
- Andrew Parker D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- Alfred Gilmore D-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- William Hawkins Polk O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-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
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner O-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Madison Hite Beale D-VA
- George Western Thompson D-VA
- Thomas Bartlett Jr. D-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
- James Duane Doty O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alexander White O-AL
- James Johnson O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Richard Yates O-IL
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- William Thomas Ward O-KY
- Addison White O-KY
- James Henry Duncan O-MA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Orin Fowler O-MA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Richard Johns Bowie O-MD
- Thomas Yates Walsh O-MD
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman O-MI
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell O-NC
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- James Turner Morehead O-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- George Houston Brown O-NJ
- Obadiah Bowne O-NY
- John Henry Hobart Haws O-NY
- George Briggs O-NY
- James Brooks O-NY
- Marius Schoonmaker O-NY
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft O-NY
- John Wells O-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
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Augustus Porter Hascall O-NY
- Lorenzo Burrows O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Hiram Bell O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Nelson Barrere O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- John Welch O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Eben Newton O-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- Thomas Marshal Bibighaus O-PA
- Joseph Henry Kuhns O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- John W. Howe O-PA
- George Gordon King O-RI
- Albert Galiton Watkins O-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- James French Strother O-VA
- Ahiman Louis Miner O-VT
- William Hebard O-VT
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Charles Chapman O-CT
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- David Jackson Bailey O-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Richard Sheppard Molony D-IL
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Joseph Aristide Landry O-LA
- John Moore O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Francis Ball Fay O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- Lorenzo Sabine O-MA
- George Thomas Davis O-MA
- Edward Preble Little D-MA
- Edward Hammond D-MD
- Joseph Stewart Cottman O-MD
- Robert Goodenow O-ME
- Isaac Reed O-ME
- James Lockwood Conger O-MI
- John Fletcher Darby O-MO
- John D. Freeman O-MS
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- Amos Tuck O-NH
- Jared Perkins O-NH
- Isaac Wildrick D-NJ
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY
- Josiah Sutherland D-NY
- John Huggins Boyd O-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Reuben Robie D-NY
- William Forrest Hunter O-OH
- Joseph Cable D-OH
- Norton Strange Townshend D-OH
- Henry Dunning Moore O-PA
- Thomas Ross D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens O-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
Other votes
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