House roll call 109 · 35th Congress · Mar 8, 1858
To table motion to reconsider vote by which amendment to H.R. 8, pension claim of john hamilton was adopted.
On Mar 8, 1858, the House voted 91–89 (HR 8). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–70, Republicans 64–15, Others 8–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 91
- No
- 89
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Mar 8, 1858
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 70 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Republicans64 yes · 15 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted yes
- Timothy Davis R-IA voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted yes
- Robert Smith D-IL voted yes
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted yes
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted no
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted yes
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted yes
- Aaron Harlan R-OH voted no
- Philemon Bliss R-OH voted no
- William Lawrence D-OH voted yes
- Edward Wade R-OH voted no
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH voted no
- James Landy D-PA voted yes
- Owen Jones D-PA voted yes
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted no
- Paul Leidy D-PA voted yes
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted no
- William Stewart R-PA voted no
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins 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 Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan 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
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson 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
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
Other votes
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