To suspend rules so as to introduce a resolution to request the secretary of treasury to furnish house with information in regard to tolls collected and expende

On Mar 15, 1858, the House voted 147–42. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 93–6, Republicans 51–27, Others 3–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 33 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: 147
No: 42
Did not vote: 56
Date: Mar 15, 1858

By party

Democrats93 yes · 6 no · 36 didn’t vote
Republicans51 yes · 27 no · 15 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 9 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted no
James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted no
Timothy Davis R-IA voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
William Kellogg R-IL voted no
James Wilson R-IN voted no
Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted no
Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted no
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY voted no
Henry Bennett R-NY voted no
Amos Phelps Granger R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Judson W. Sherman R-NY voted no
Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted no
Aaron Harlan R-OH voted no
Joseph Miller D-OH voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH voted no
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted no
John Rufus Edie R-PA voted no
David Ritchie R-PA voted no
Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted no
William Stewart R-PA voted no
John Dick R-PA voted no
William Smith D-VA voted no
Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted no
John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI 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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