House roll call 223 · 35th Congress · May 17, 1858
To order a call of the house. (p. 2186-3)
On May 17, 1858, the House voted 35–75. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–46, Republicans 24–24, Others 1–5. 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
- 35
- No
- 75
- Did not vote
- 135
- Date
- May 17, 1858
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 46 no · 79 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 24 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 5 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Sidney Dean R-CT voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted no
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted no
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ voted no
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted no
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted yes
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
- Edward Dodd R-NY voted no
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY voted no
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY voted no
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted no
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted yes
- Philemon Bliss R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Owen Jones D-PA voted yes
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
- David Ritchie R-PA voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted no
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- 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
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- 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
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Huyler 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
- John Cochrane 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
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- John Hickman 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
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance 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
- 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
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock 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
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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