To adopt resolution relating to nebraska contested election as amended, providing additional 60 days for gathering testimony.

On Apr 21, 1858, the House voted 98–86. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 51–43, Republicans 43–36, Others 4–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 79 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: 98
No: 86
Did not vote: 61
Date: Apr 21, 1858

By party

Democrats51 yes · 43 no · 41 didn’t vote
Republicans43 yes · 36 no · 14 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted no
James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
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
Edward Allen Warren D-AR voted no
Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted no
Sidney Dean R-CT voted no
George Sydney Hawkins D-FL 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
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
William Kellogg R-IL voted no
James Hughes D-IN voted no
David Kilgore R-IN voted no
James Wilson R-IN voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
Charles Case R-IN voted no
John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
Thomas Green Davidson 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
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
John M. Wood R-ME voted no
Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted no
Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
James Pike R-NH voted no
John Huyler D-NJ voted no
Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
William Fiero Russell D-NY voted no
John Thompson R-NY voted no
Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted no
Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted no
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH voted no
Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted no
Richard Mott R-OH voted no
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
William Lawrence D-OH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted no
Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted no
William Montgomery D-PA voted no
David Ritchie R-PA voted no
Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted no
Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
William Smith D-VA voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill 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 adopt resolution relating to nebraska…: House Vote, Apr 21, 1858,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/35-H-157/to-adopt-resolution-relating-to-nebraska-contested-election-as (accessed 2026-10-15).