To reconsider the vote recommiting the report of the committee on printing, with instructions to report a system for public printing.

On Apr 19, 1852, the House voted 87–72. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 46–44, Others 41–28. 44 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 87
No: 72
Did not vote: 80
Date: Apr 19, 1852

By party

Democrats46 yes · 44 no · 39 didn’t vote
Others41 yes · 28 no · 41 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Bragg D-AL voted no
Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
Richard Sheppard Molony D-IL voted no
Thompson Campbell D-IL voted no
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA voted no
Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted no
William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted no
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Willard Ives D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted no
James Madison Gaylord D-OH voted no
Joseph Cable D-OH voted no
David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted no
Norton Strange Townshend D-OH voted no
John Robbins D-PA voted no
John Mcnair D-PA voted no
John Alexander Morrison D-PA voted no
Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted no
James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA voted no
Andrew Parker D-PA voted no
Carlton Brandaga Curtis 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
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Richard Kidder Meade D-VA voted no
Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted no
Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
John Samuels Caskie 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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