To amend H.R. 240, a bill making appropriations for naval service for year ending june 30, 1853, by providing that when cost of repair of a vessel exceeds 2/3 o

On Aug 20, 1852, the House voted 43–85 (HR 240). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–54, Others 25–31. 18 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 43
No: 85
Did not vote: 111
Date: Aug 20, 1852

By party

Democrats18 yes · 54 no · 57 didn’t vote
Others25 yes · 31 no · 54 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
Joseph Walker Mccorkle D-CA voted yes
John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
Edward Hammond D-MD voted yes
Isaac Wildrick D-NJ voted yes
Rodman McCamley Price D-NJ voted yes
Josiah Sutherland D-NY voted yes
Thomas Y. Howe Jr. D-NY voted yes
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
John Robbins D-PA voted yes
Alfred Gilmore D-PA voted yes
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
William Ferguson Colcock D-SC voted yes
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
Richardson Scurry D-TX voted yes
Volney Erskine Howard D-TX voted yes
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA 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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