House roll call 126 · 35th Congress · Mar 22, 1858
To table resolution which provides for sergeant-at-arms to release from custody and deliver to the marshall of the district of columbia, one john w. Wolcott, no
On Mar 22, 1858, the House voted 59–123. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 33–56, Republicans 22–60, Others 4–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 55 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
- 59
- No
- 123
- Did not vote
- 63
- Date
- Mar 22, 1858
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 56 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 60 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 7 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
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted yes
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted yes
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted yes
- Robert Smith D-IL voted yes
- David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted yes
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA voted yes
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted yes
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted yes
- William Alanson Howard R-MI voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
- John Huyler D-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted yes
- William Fiero Russell D-NY voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted yes
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted yes
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted yes
- John Mason Parker R-NY voted yes
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY voted yes
- Richard Mott R-OH voted yes
- Aaron Harlan R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted yes
- Philemon Bliss R-OH voted yes
- Owen Jones D-PA voted yes
- John Hickman D-PA voted yes
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted yes
- Paul Leidy D-PA voted yes
- Allison White D-PA voted yes
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted yes
- William Stewart R-PA voted yes
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted yes
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige 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 Alexander Searing D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
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