House roll call 681 · 34th Congress · Feb 27, 1857
To pass resolution no. 1 that orsamus matteson did incite parties interested in passage of resolution for construing the des moines grant to use large sums of
On Feb 27, 1857, the House voted 145–17. Result: passed. By party: Others 80–16, Democrats 67–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 145
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- Feb 27, 1857
By party
- Others80 yes · 16 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Democrats67 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James William Denver D-CA
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Knox O-IL
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Alexander De Witt 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
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Pike 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
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- John Scott Harrison 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
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-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
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- John Woodruff O-CT
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
Did not vote
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- James Thorington O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Hickman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
Other votes
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