To amend a resolution authorizing the committee on military affairs to employ a clerk with compensation, so as to extend authorization to committees on election

On Dec 18, 1857, the House voted 115–84. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 61–44, Republicans 50–32, Others 4–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 76 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: 115
No: 84
Did not vote: 46
Date: Dec 18, 1857

By party

Democrats61 yes · 44 no · 30 didn’t vote
Republicans50 yes · 32 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 8 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Sidney Dean R-CT voted no
William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
James Jackson D-GA voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
James Hughes D-IN voted no
James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
David Kilgore R-IN voted no
James Madison Gregg D-IN voted no
John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
Robert Bernard Hall R-MA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted no
Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
James Pike R-NH voted no
Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted no
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted no
John Huyler D-NJ voted no
Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
George Taylor D-NY voted no
William Fiero Russell D-NY voted no
John Thompson R-NY voted no
Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
George William Palmer R-NY voted no
Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
John Mason Parker R-NY voted no
Samuel George Andrews R-NY voted no
Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted no
William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH voted no
Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted no
Richard Mott R-OH voted no
Aaron Harlan R-OH voted no
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH voted no
Joseph Miller D-OH voted no
Joseph Burns D-OH voted no
Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted no
Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted no
Owen Jones D-PA voted no
Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
Wilson Reilly D-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
William Montgomery D-PA voted no
William Stewart R-PA voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend a resolution authorizing the…: House Vote, Dec 18, 1857,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/35-H-13/to-amend-a-resolution-authorizing-the-committee-on-military (accessed 2026-10-17).