House roll call 105 · 35th Congress · Mar 3, 1858
To table a motion to reconsider S.J.RES. 3, (11 stat. 367, app. 3-10-58), which extends and defines the President's authority under act approved jan. 16, 1857,
On Mar 3, 1858, the House voted 57–124 (SJR 3). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 28–69, Republicans 26–47, Others 3–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 54 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
- 57
- No
- 124
- Did not vote
- 64
- Date
- Mar 3, 1858
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 69 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 47 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 8 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted yes
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted yes
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted yes
- Charles Case R-IN voted yes
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted yes
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted yes
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME voted yes
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted yes
- William Alanson Howard R-MI voted yes
- James Craig D-MO voted yes
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted yes
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted yes
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted yes
- Edward Dodd R-NY voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted yes
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Aaron Harlan R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Miller D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Philemon Bliss R-OH voted yes
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted yes
- Edward Wade R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted yes
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted yes
- David Ritchie R-PA voted yes
- William Stewart R-PA voted yes
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI voted yes
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted yes
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted yes
- John Houston Savage D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes
- William Smith D-VA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- James Craig D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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