House roll call 225 · 35th Congress · May 17, 1858
To adjourn and prevent further action on election of doorkeeper. (p. 2195-2)
On May 17, 1858, the House voted 88–102. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 84–20, Republicans 1–73, Others 3–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 88
- No
- 102
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- May 17, 1858
By party
- Democrats84 yes · 20 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 73 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 9 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted no
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted no
- Robert Smith D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- James Hughes D-IN voted no
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
- James Craig D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO voted no
- John Huyler D-NJ voted no
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted no
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark 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
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- 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
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- 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
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- 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
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- 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
- John M. Wood R-ME
- 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
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- John Thompson R-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
- 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
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Richard Mott 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
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Letcher D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Landy D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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