To table a motion to reconsider the vote rejecting a resolution to authorize the doorkeeper to appoint three additional pages.

On Mar 15, 1852, the House voted 79–88. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 51–44, Others 28–44. 44 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 79
No: 88
Did not vote: 72
Date: Mar 15, 1852

By party

Democrats51 yes · 44 no · 34 didn’t vote
Others28 yes · 44 no · 38 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT voted no
Bernhart Henn D-IA voted no
Richard Sheppard Molony D-IL voted no
William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
Thompson Campbell D-IL voted no
John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted no
Louis St. Martin D-LA voted no
Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA voted no
Moses Macdonald D-ME voted no
John Appleton D-ME voted no
Charles Andrews D-ME voted no
Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME voted no
Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted no
Rodman McCamley Price D-NJ voted no
Abraham P. Stephens D-NY voted no
Josiah Sutherland D-NY voted no
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
William W. Snow D-NY voted no
George Henry Busby D-OH voted no
John Alexander Morrison D-PA voted no
Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
Andrew Parker D-PA voted no
John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted no
Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA voted no
Alfred Gilmore D-PA voted no
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted no
Daniel Wallace D-SC voted no
James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
William Aiken D-SC voted no
William Ferguson Colcock D-SC voted no
William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
Richardson Scurry D-TX voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
Thomas Bartlett Jr. D-VT 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table a motion to reconsider the vote…: House Vote, Mar 15, 1852,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/32-H-85/to-table-a-motion-to-reconsider-the-vote-rejecting (accessed 2026-10-16).