To commit to the committee of the whole on the state of the union H.J.RES. 12, authorizing the joint committee on printing to contract for printing the census.

On Jan 27, 1852, the House voted 147–45 (HJR 12). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 67–39, Others 80–6. 39 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 147
No: 45
Did not vote: 47
Date: Jan 27, 1852

By party

Democrats67 yes · 39 no · 23 didn’t vote
Others80 yes · 6 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Joseph Walker Mccorkle D-CA voted no
Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted no
Bernhart Henn D-IA voted no
James Lockhart D-IN voted no
Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted no
John Larne Robinson D-IN voted no
Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN voted no
Daniel Mace D-IN voted no
John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted no
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
Louis St. Martin D-LA voted no
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
Willard Preble Hall D-MO voted no
Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted no
Rodman McCamley Price D-NJ voted no
Gilbert Dean D-NY voted no
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
Frederick William Green D-OH voted no
Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted no
Charles Sweetser D-OH voted no
George Henry Busby D-OH voted no
James Madison Gaylord D-OH voted no
John Robbins D-PA voted no
John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted no
John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
Richardson Scurry D-TX voted no
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted no
Richard Kidder Meade D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted no
James Madison Hite Beale D-VA voted no
George Western Thompson 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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