To adjourn until monday next. (p. 1551-1)

On Apr 9, 1858, the House voted 112–75. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 66–33, Republicans 39–38, Others 7–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 71 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: 112
No: 75
Did not vote: 58
Date: Apr 9, 1858

By party

Democrats66 yes · 33 no · 36 didn’t vote
Republicans39 yes · 38 no · 16 didn’t vote
Others7 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sydenham Moore D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted no
Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted no
Edward Allen Warren D-AR voted no
James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
James Jackson D-GA voted no
Timothy Davis R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
Aaron Shaw D-IL voted no
William Hayden English D-IN voted no
David Kilgore R-IN voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
Charles Case R-IN voted no
John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
John Milton Elliott D-KY voted no
John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
Robert Bernard Hall R-MA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA voted no
Anson Burlingame R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted no
Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME voted no
Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted no
Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted no
Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted no
James Craig D-MO voted no
Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY voted no
Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted no
Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY voted no
Henry Bennett R-NY voted no
Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY voted no
Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY voted no
John Mason Parker R-NY voted no
Judson W. Sherman R-NY voted no
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH voted no
Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted no
Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
Aaron Harlan R-OH voted no
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
Philemon Bliss R-OH voted no
Edward Wade R-OH voted no
Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted no
Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted no
William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Homer Elihu Royce R-VT 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 adjourn until monday next. (p. 1551-1): House Vote, Apr 9, 1858,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/35-H-146/to-adjourn-until-monday-next-p-1551-1 (accessed 2026-10-17).