To adjourn until monday next. (p. 889-2)

On Feb 26, 1858, the House voted 76–60. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–30, Republicans 31–27, Others 5–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 57 members voted against their own party.

During the 35th Congress (1857–1858), James Buchanan was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 76
No: 60
Did not vote: 109
Date: Feb 26, 1858

By party

Democrats40 yes · 30 no · 65 didn’t vote
Republicans31 yes · 27 no · 35 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted no
Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted no
Edward Allen Warren D-AR voted no
Sidney Dean R-CT voted no
William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
James Jackson D-GA voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
David Kilgore R-IN voted no
John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted no
Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted no
Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted no
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
James Pike R-NH voted no
George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted no
John Huyler D-NJ voted no
Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
George Taylor D-NY voted no
Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY voted no
John Mason Parker R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
Richard Mott R-OH voted no
Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
Aaron Harlan R-OH voted no
Joseph Miller D-OH voted no
Joseph Burns D-OH voted no
Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted no
Owen Jones D-PA voted no
Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
Wilson Reilly D-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
William Montgomery D-PA voted no
William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
Homer Elihu Royce R-VT 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 adjourn until monday next. (p. 889-2): House Vote, Feb 26, 1858,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/35-H-103/to-adjourn-until-monday-next-p-889-2 (accessed 2026-10-15).