To agree to the report of the first committee of conference on H.R. 337. (p. 1157-1)

On Mar 3, 1853, the House voted 77–62. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 52–36, Others 25–26. 36 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 77
No: 62
Did not vote: 100
Date: Mar 3, 1853

By party

Democrats52 yes · 36 no · 41 didn’t vote
Others25 yes · 26 no · 59 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted no
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT voted no
Bernhart Henn D-IA voted no
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted no
Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted no
Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted no
Charles Skelton D-NJ voted no
Isaac Wildrick D-NJ voted no
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted no
Gilbert Dean D-NY voted no
William Murray D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
Thomas Y. Howe Jr. D-NY voted no
Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted no
David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted no
Norton Strange Townshend D-OH voted no
John Alexander Morrison D-PA voted no
Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA voted no
Andrew Parker D-PA voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN voted no
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted no
Sherrard Clemens 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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