To table H.R. 306, (11 stat. 266, app. 5-4-58), a bill to supply deficiences in appropriations for service for year ending june 30, 1858. (p. 1543-1)

On Apr 8, 1858, the House voted 43–143 (HR 306). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–97, Republicans 40–34, Others 1–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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: 43
No: 143
Did not vote: 59
Date: Apr 8, 1858

By party

Democrats2 yes · 97 no · 36 didn’t vote
Republicans40 yes · 34 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 12 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
James Wilson R-IN voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
Charles Case R-IN voted no
Anson Burlingame R-MA voted no
Timothy Davis R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted no
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
James Pike R-NH voted no
John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted yes
Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY voted no
Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted no
Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY voted no
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
John Mason Parker R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH voted no
Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted no
Richard Mott R-OH voted no
Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted no
Philemon Bliss R-OH voted no
Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH voted no
John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted no
John Rufus Edie R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted no
William Stewart R-PA voted no
Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted yes
Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Homer Elihu Royce R-VT 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 table H.R. 306, (11 stat. 266, app…: House Vote, Apr 8, 1858,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/35-H-140/to-table-h-r-306-11-stat-266-app (accessed 2026-10-16).