House roll call 228 · 35th Congress · May 18, 1858
To order a call of the house. (p. 2211-1)
On May 18, 1858, the House voted 64–110. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 45–52, Republicans 18–48, Others 1–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 63 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
- 64
- No
- 110
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- May 18, 1858
By party
- Democrats45 yes · 52 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 48 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 10 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA voted yes
- Samuel Arnold D-CT voted yes
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted yes
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- James Madison Gregg D-IN voted yes
- John Milton Elliott D-KY voted yes
- James Brown Clay D-KY voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted yes
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted yes
- Anson Burlingame R-MA voted yes
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted yes
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI voted yes
- James Craig D-MO voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted yes
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted yes
- John Huyler D-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted yes
- John Cochrane D-NY voted yes
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted yes
- George William Palmer R-NY voted yes
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY voted yes
- Henry Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY voted yes
- Richard Mott R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Miller D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted yes
- Edward Wade R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted yes
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted yes
- Owen Jones D-PA voted yes
- Henry Chapman D-PA voted yes
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted yes
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA voted yes
- John Dick R-PA voted yes
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted yes
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Milton Elliott 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
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg 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
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton 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
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Landy 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
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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