To pass a resolution authorizing the doorkeeper to appoint three additional pages on the floor of the house.

On Mar 15, 1852, the House voted 75–91. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 32–63, Others 43–28. 32 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 75
No: 91
Did not vote: 73
Date: Mar 15, 1852

By party

Democrats32 yes · 63 no · 34 didn’t vote
Others43 yes · 28 no · 39 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Bragg D-AL voted yes
Joseph Walker Mccorkle D-CA voted yes
Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT voted yes
Bernhart Henn D-IA voted yes
Thompson Campbell D-IL voted yes
Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN voted yes
John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
Louis St. Martin D-LA voted yes
Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA voted yes
Moses Macdonald D-ME voted yes
Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME voted yes
Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted yes
Rodman McCamley Price D-NJ voted yes
Josiah Sutherland D-NY voted yes
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted yes
George Henry Busby D-OH voted yes
John Alexander Morrison D-PA voted yes
James Gamble D-PA voted yes
Andrew Parker D-PA voted yes
John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted yes
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
Daniel Wallace D-SC voted yes
James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted yes
William Aiken D-SC voted yes
John Houston Savage D-TN voted yes
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
Richardson Scurry D-TX voted yes
Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA voted yes
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
Thomas Bartlett Jr. D-VT voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To pass a resolution authorizing the…: House Vote, Mar 15, 1852,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/32-H-84/to-pass-a-resolution-authorizing-the-doorkeeper-to-appoint (accessed 2026-10-15).