To adopt S.J.RES. 3, extending and defining presidents authority in relation to a bill on efficiency of the navy.

On Mar 3, 1858, the House voted 122–51 (SJR 3). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 69–27, Republicans 45–20, Others 8–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 47 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: 122
No: 51
Did not vote: 72
Date: Mar 3, 1858

By party

Democrats69 yes · 27 no · 39 didn’t vote
Republicans45 yes · 20 no · 28 didn’t vote
Others8 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sydenham Moore 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
Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
Aaron Shaw D-IL voted no
William Hayden English D-IN voted no
James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted no
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
Edward Dodd R-NY voted no
Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY voted no
Samuel George Andrews R-NY voted no
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
Aaron Harlan R-OH voted no
Joseph Miller D-OH voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
Philemon Bliss R-OH voted no
Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
Edward Wade R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted no
David Ritchie R-PA voted no
William Stewart R-PA voted no
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI voted no
William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted no
Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
William Smith D-VA voted no
Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA 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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