To suspend the rules, so that a congressman may move that S. RES. 5 be taken from the speaker's table. S.RES. 5 authorizes the President of the U.S. To confer

On Dec 27, 1852, the House voted 74–70. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–62, Others 56–8. 18 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 74
No: 70
Did not vote: 95
Date: Dec 27, 1852

By party

Democrats18 yes · 62 no · 49 didn’t vote
Others56 yes · 8 no · 46 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edward Colston Marshall D-CA voted yes
Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted yes
Bernhart Henn D-IA voted yes
Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN voted yes
James W. Stone D-KY voted yes
John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
Louis St. Martin D-LA voted yes
Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC voted yes
Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH voted yes
Harry Hibbard D-NH voted yes
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted yes
James Gamble D-PA voted yes
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
William Aiken D-SC voted yes
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
Fayette Mcmullen 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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