House roll call 583 · 34th Congress · Jan 21, 1857
To pass a resolution as amended, providing that james simonton be taken into custody, and continued in custody until he purges himself of charges of contempt by
On Jan 21, 1857, the House voted 136–23. Result: passed. By party: Others 96–5, Democrats 39–18, Republicans 1–0. 18 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 136
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 79
- Date
- Jan 21, 1857
By party
- Others96 yes · 5 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Democrats39 yes · 18 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA voted no
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
- John Milton Elliott D-KY voted no
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS voted no
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS voted no
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted no
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
- John Wheeler D-NY voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC voted no
- John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Thorington O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Pike O-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- William Aiken D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Did not vote
- Percy Walker O-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James William Denver D-CA
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- James Knox O-IL
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- William Millward O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
Other votes
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