House roll call 218 · 35th Congress · May 14, 1858
To adjourn. (p. 2142-1)
On May 14, 1858, the House voted 46–56. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 37–17, Republicans 6–38, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 46
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 143
- Date
- May 14, 1858
By party
- Democrats37 yes · 17 no · 81 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 38 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted no
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted no
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted no
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted yes
- Philemon Bliss R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted no
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted no
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Jackson D-GA
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- James Craig D-MO
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Cochrane D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Allison White D-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Pike R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Sherman R-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
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges 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
- James Wilson R-IN
- Charles Case R-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 Calvin Mason D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch 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
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor 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
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton 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
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Landy D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Montgomery D-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
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell 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
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.