To table a resolution that the reporters of the House Of Representatives be directed hereafter not to report in the the house speeches not made in the house unl

On Dec 29, 1852, the House voted 44–92. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 36–36, Others 8–56. 36 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 44
No: 92
Did not vote: 103
Date: Dec 29, 1852

By party

Democrats36 yes · 36 no · 57 didn’t vote
Others8 yes · 56 no · 46 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted no
Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT voted no
George Read Riddle D-DE voted no
Lincoln Clark D-IA voted no
James Lockhart D-IN voted no
Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
Willard Preble Hall D-MO voted no
Gilbert Dean D-NY voted no
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
Reuben Robie D-NY voted no
Thomas Ross D-PA voted no
William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted no
Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA voted no
Daniel Wallace D-SC voted no
James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
William Aiken 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
Frederick Perry Stanton 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
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
James Madison Hite Beale D-VA voted no
Sherrard Clemens 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table a resolution that the reporters of…: House Vote, Dec 29, 1852,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/32-H-358/to-table-a-resolution-that-the-reporters-of-the (accessed 2026-10-17).