House roll call 219 · 35th Congress · May 14, 1858
To adjourn. (p. 2152-2)
On May 14, 1858, the House voted 40–70. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–47, Democrats 20–21, Others 6–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 40
- No
- 70
- Did not vote
- 135
- Date
- May 14, 1858
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 21 no · 94 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 47 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
- James Jackson D-GA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- James Madison Gregg D-IN voted yes
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted yes
- James Brown Clay D-KY voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- James Craig D-MO voted yes
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted yes
- John Cochrane D-NY voted yes
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY voted yes
- John Mason Parker R-NY voted yes
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted yes
- Henry Chapman D-PA voted yes
- William Stewart R-PA voted yes
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-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
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow 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
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer 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
- Emory Bemsley Pottle 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
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-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 Covode R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry 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
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-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
- Charles Drury Hodges 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
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- 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
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood 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
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-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
- Daniel Edgar Sickles 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
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-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
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- 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
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
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