House roll call 150 · 35th Congress · Apr 16, 1858
To pass H.R. 488, a bill for relief of cassus m. Clay to reimburse him for property loss and financial judgements incurred while in the service of the U.S. (p.
On Apr 16, 1858, the House voted 97–63 (HR 488). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–58, Republicans 68–2, Others 8–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 97
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 84
- Date
- Apr 16, 1858
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 58 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Republicans68 yes · 2 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA voted yes
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted yes
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted yes
- Robert Smith D-IL voted yes
- James Brown Clay D-KY voted yes
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted yes
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted yes
- George Taylor D-NY voted yes
- John Cochrane D-NY voted yes
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted yes
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted yes
- Erastus Corning D-NY voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence D-OH voted yes
- James Landy D-PA voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted yes
- David Ritchie R-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- 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
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
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