House roll call 230 · 35th Congress · May 18, 1858
To adjourn. (p. 2227-3)
On May 18, 1858, the House voted 76–74. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 68–16, Republicans 2–57, Others 6–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 76
- No
- 74
- Did not vote
- 95
- Date
- May 18, 1858
By party
- Democrats68 yes · 16 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 57 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Sydenham Moore D-AL voted no
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted no
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted no
- James Hughes D-IN voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- John M. Wood R-ME voted yes
- John Kelly D-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted no
- Owen Jones D-PA voted no
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted no
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-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
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton 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
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Kelly D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray 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 Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard 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
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- 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
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick 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
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.