House roll call 181 · 35th Congress · Apr 30, 1858
To adjourn. (p. 1890-3)
On Apr 30, 1858, the House voted 122–83. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 31–80, Republicans 80–0, Others 11–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 122
- No
- 83
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Apr 30, 1858
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 80 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans80 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA voted yes
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted yes
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted yes
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted yes
- Robert Smith D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- William Hayden English D-IN voted yes
- James Hughes D-IN voted yes
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted yes
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO voted yes
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted yes
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted yes
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted yes
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted yes
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted yes
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted yes
- John Hickman D-PA voted yes
- Henry Chapman D-PA voted yes
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted yes
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted yes
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted yes
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted yes
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted yes
- William Smith D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell 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
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott 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
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle 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
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- 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
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- George Taylor D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.