House roll call 202 · 35th Congress · May 11, 1858
To table H.J.RES. 28, relating to the clayton-bulwer treaty. (p. 2062-1)
On May 11, 1858, the House voted 84–88 (HJR 28). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–66, Republicans 58–10, Others 2–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 84
- No
- 88
- Did not vote
- 73
- Date
- May 11, 1858
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 66 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Republicans58 yes · 10 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 12 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Samuel Arnold D-CT voted yes
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- James Hughes D-IN voted yes
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
- John Huyler D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted no
- Richard Mott R-OH voted no
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted yes
- Edward Wade R-OH voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- James Landy D-PA voted yes
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted yes
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted yes
- Paul Leidy D-PA voted yes
- Allison White D-PA voted yes
- Wilson Reilly D-PA voted yes
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- 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
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse 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
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Bennett 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
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- 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 Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock 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
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Elijah Ward 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
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
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