To adopt resolution to excuse john c. Mason from committee of accounts.

On Mar 10, 1858, the House voted 106–77. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 63–30, Republicans 37–44, Others 6–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 67 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: 106
No: 77
Did not vote: 62
Date: Mar 10, 1858

By party

Democrats63 yes · 30 no · 42 didn’t vote
Republicans37 yes · 44 no · 12 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted no
James Ferguson Dowdell 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
Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted no
Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted yes
Sidney Dean R-CT voted yes
James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
James Jackson D-GA voted no
Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted yes
Timothy Davis R-IA voted yes
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
William Hayden English D-IN voted no
James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
James Madison Gregg D-IN voted no
John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
Charles Case R-IN voted yes
Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA voted yes
Anson Burlingame R-MA voted yes
Timothy Davis R-MA voted yes
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted yes
Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted yes
Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted yes
Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
John Huyler D-NJ voted no
Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY voted yes
Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY voted yes
Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted yes
Amos Phelps Granger R-NY voted yes
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted yes
John Mason Parker R-NY voted yes
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted yes
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH voted no
Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted yes
Richard Mott R-OH voted yes
Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
Joseph Burns D-OH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted yes
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
Allison White D-PA voted no
David Ritchie R-PA voted yes
Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted yes
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI voted yes
Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
William Smith D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Charles Billinghurst R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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