House roll call 4 · 32nd Congress · Dec 3, 1851
To pass a resolution that the clerk furnish to members of the house such papers as they may direct, the cost not to exceed the price of three daily papers to ea
On Dec 3, 1851, the House voted 63–139. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 31–76, Others 32–63. 31 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 63
- No
- 139
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Dec 3, 1851
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 76 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others32 yes · 63 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Bragg D-AL voted yes
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- Bernhart Henn D-IA voted yes
- Lincoln Clark D-IA voted yes
- Richard Sheppard Molony D-IL voted yes
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
- Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA voted yes
- Edward Hammond D-MD voted yes
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted yes
- Willard Preble Hall D-MO voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted yes
- Emanuel Bernard Hart D-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Buell D-NY voted yes
- Preston King D-NY voted yes
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted yes
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted yes
- Charles Sweetser D-OH voted yes
- George Henry Busby D-OH voted yes
- James Madison Gaylord D-OH voted yes
- John Robbins D-PA voted yes
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted yes
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted yes
- William Aiken D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA voted yes
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted yes
- George Western Thompson D-VA voted yes
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Bragg D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Joseph Webber Jackson O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- Lincoln Clark D-IA
- Richard Sheppard Molony D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Alexander Gordon Penn D-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- James Henry Duncan O-MA
- Orin Fowler O-MA
- Richard Johns Bowie O-MD
- Edward Hammond D-MD
- Thomas Yates Walsh O-MD
- Joseph Stewart Cottman O-MD
- Robert Goodenow O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Willard Preble Hall D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Benjamin Duke Nabers O-MS
- John A. Wilcox O-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell O-NC
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- James Turner Morehead O-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY
- Emanuel Bernard Hart D-NY
- George Briggs O-NY
- John Huggins Boyd O-NY
- John Wells O-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Buell D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Augustus Porter Hascall O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Hiram Bell O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Nelson Barrere O-OH
- Charles Sweetser D-OH
- George Henry Busby D-OH
- James Madison Gaylord D-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- William Forrest Hunter O-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Thomas Marshal Bibighaus O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- William Aiken D-SC
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Thomas Hamlet Averett D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- George Western Thompson D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Edward Colston Marshall D-CA
- Joseph Walker Mccorkle D-CA
- Charles Chapman O-CT
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- James Johnson O-GA
- David Jackson Bailey O-GA
- Charles Murphey O-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain O-GA
- Junius Hillyer O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Thompson Campbell D-IL
- James Lockhart D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- John Larne Robinson D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Willis Arnold Gorman D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- William Thomas Ward O-KY
- Addison White O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- Charles Allen O-MA
- George Thomas Davis O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Horace Mann O-MA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- John Appleton D-ME
- Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman O-MI
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Lockwood Conger O-MI
- John D. Freeman O-MS
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- Amos Tuck O-NH
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Isaac Wildrick D-NJ
- George Houston Brown O-NJ
- Rodman McCamley Price D-NJ
- Obadiah Bowne O-NY
- John Henry Hobart Haws O-NY
- James Brooks O-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Marius Schoonmaker O-NY
- Josiah Sutherland D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft O-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- William W. Snow D-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Leander Babcock D-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Thomas Y. Howe Jr. D-NY
- William Augustus Sackett O-NY
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn O-NY
- Jerediah Horsford O-NY
- Reuben Robie D-NY
- Frederick Stanley Martin O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Lorenzo Burrows O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- John Welch O-OH
- John Johnson O-OH
- Joseph Cable D-OH
- David Kellogg Cartter D-OH
- Eben Newton O-OH
- Norton Strange Townshend D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Henry Dunning Moore O-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Thomas Ross D-PA
- John Alexander Morrison D-PA
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick D-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- James Xavier Mclanahan D-PA
- Andrew Parker D-PA
- Joseph Henry Kuhns O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- John W. Howe O-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- George Gordon King O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Albert Galiton Watkins O-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- William Hawkins Polk O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Richardson Scurry D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Alexander Richmond Holladay D-VA
- James French Strother O-VA
- Charles James Faulkner O-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Ahiman Louis Miner O-VT
- William Hebard O-VT
- Thomas Bartlett Jr. D-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- James Duane Doty O-WI
Did not vote
- Alexander White O-AL
- William Harrison Bissell D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Louis St. Martin D-LA
- Joseph Aristide Landry O-LA
- John Moore O-LA
- Francis Ball Fay O-MA
- Lorenzo Sabine O-MA
- Edward Preble Little D-MA
- Charles Andrews D-ME
- Isaac Reed O-ME
- John Fletcher Darby O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown O-MS
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Jared Perkins O-NH
- Abraham P. Stephens D-NY
- Willard Ives D-NY
- Henry Sanford Walbridge O-NY
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Thaddeus Stevens O-PA
- Alfred Gilmore D-PA
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Ferguson Colcock D-SC
- William Cullom O-TN
- Volney Erskine Howard D-TX
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- James Madison Hite Beale D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
Other votes
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