House roll call 22 · 35th Congress · Jan 7, 1858
To amend resolution to adjourn on january 8, so as to change day for the meeting of the house from saturday to monday.
On Jan 7, 1858, the House voted 91–88. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 68–28, Republicans 18–55, Others 5–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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
- 91
- No
- 88
- Did not vote
- 66
- Date
- Jan 7, 1858
By party
- Democrats68 yes · 28 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 55 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR voted no
- William Darius Bishop D-CT voted no
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
- James Madison Gregg D-IN voted no
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted yes
- Anson Burlingame R-MA voted yes
- Timothy Davis R-MA voted yes
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- George Taylor D-NY voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted yes
- Henry Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH voted no
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted yes
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted no
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA voted no
- Wilson Reilly D-PA voted no
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted no
- David Ritchie R-PA voted yes
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter 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
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Kellogg R-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 Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Cochrane D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joseph Burns 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
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Nehemiah Abbott 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
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger 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
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-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
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins 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
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-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
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Other votes
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