House roll call 23 · 35th Congress · Jan 7, 1858
To adopt a resolution to adjourn on january 8, and to meet monday instead of saturday.
On Jan 7, 1858, the House voted 103–84. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 78–22, Republicans 17–58, Others 8–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 103
- No
- 84
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- Jan 7, 1858
By party
- Democrats78 yes · 22 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 58 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 4 no · 5 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
- 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
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
- 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
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted yes
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted yes
- 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
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA 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
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- 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
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- 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
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- 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
- Warren Winslow 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 Kelly D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- 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
- 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
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart 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
- Charles Ready O-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
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson 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
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- 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
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins 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
- 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
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-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
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- 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
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- 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
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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