To adopt resolution which provides for release of john w. Wolcott by the house sergeant-at-arms and that he be turned over to custody of the marshall of the dis

On Mar 22, 1858, the House voted 125–67. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 66–36, Republicans 50–27, Others 9–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 63 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: 125
No: 67
Did not vote: 53
Date: Mar 22, 1858

By party

Democrats66 yes · 36 no · 33 didn’t vote
Republicans50 yes · 27 no · 16 didn’t vote
Others9 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted no
Edward Allen Warren D-AR voted no
Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted no
Sidney Dean R-CT voted no
Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted no
John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA voted no
Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted no
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted no
John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted no
William Fiero Russell D-NY voted no
Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
John Mason Parker R-NY voted no
Richard Mott R-OH voted no
Aaron Harlan R-OH voted no
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-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 Hickman D-PA voted no
John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted no
William Montgomery D-PA voted no
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
Charles Billinghurst 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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