House roll call 200 · 35th Congress · May 11, 1858
To adopt an amendment to S. 86, relating to admission of minnesota into the union said amendment in nature of a substitute providing that there be drafted a new
On May 11, 1858, the House voted 51–141 (S 86). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–99, Republicans 38–40, Others 13–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 38 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
- 51
- No
- 141
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- May 11, 1858
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 99 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Republicans38 yes · 40 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Sidney Dean R-CT voted yes
- Timothy Davis R-IA voted yes
- David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted yes
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA voted yes
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA voted yes
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted yes
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted yes
- John M. Wood R-ME voted yes
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted yes
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ voted yes
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted yes
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted yes
- Edward Dodd R-NY voted yes
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- Richard Mott R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted yes
- Edward Wade R-OH voted yes
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted yes
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted yes
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted yes
- William Stewart R-PA voted yes
- John Dick R-PA voted yes
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell 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
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
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
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth 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
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins 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
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
Other votes
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