To pass a resolution providing that the clerk of the house be directed to pay hendrick b. Wright contestant from pa., same pay and mileage as allowed to members

On Dec 22, 1852, the House voted 100–50. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 57–26, Others 43–24. 26 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 100
No: 50
Did not vote: 89
Date: Dec 22, 1852

By party

Democrats57 yes · 26 no · 46 didn’t vote
Others43 yes · 24 no · 43 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN voted no
John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Alexander Hamilton Buell D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
William W. Snow D-NY voted no
Leander Babcock D-NY voted no
Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted no
David Kellogg Cartter D-OH voted no
James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN voted no
John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson 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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