House roll call 589 · 34th Congress · Jan 26, 1857
To order the previous question on the amendment to the amendment to substitute friday and saturday for tuesday and friday, or thursday and saturday, for making
On Jan 26, 1857, the House voted 63–123. Result: failed. By party: Others 17–99, Democrats 46–23, Republicans 0–1. 23 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 63
- No
- 123
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Jan 26, 1857
By party
- Others17 yes · 99 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 23 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted no
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted no
- James William Denver D-CA voted no
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA voted no
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL voted no
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL voted no
- William Hayden English D-IN voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted no
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted no
- George Vail D-NJ voted no
- John Kelly D-NY voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted no
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
- John Williams D-NY voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
- David Barclay D-PA voted no
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Thorington O-IA
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- James William Denver D-CA
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- James Pike O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
Did not vote
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- William Millward O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- William Aiken D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
Other votes
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