House roll call 212 · 35th Congress · May 13, 1858
To adopt amended amendment to resolution relating to seating of members from minnesota.
On May 13, 1858, the House voted 108–84. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–83, Republicans 83–0, Others 11–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 108
- No
- 84
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- May 13, 1858
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 83 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Republicans83 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted yes
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted yes
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted yes
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis 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
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- 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
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- 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
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- 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
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-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
- 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
- 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
- Valentine Baxter Horton 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 Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- David Ritchie 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
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson 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
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson 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
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis 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
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles 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
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Landy D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
Other votes
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