House roll call 232 · 35th Congress · May 20, 1858
To adopt as amended the 11th amendment to H.R. 200, (11 stat. 319, app. 6-12-58), a bill making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of government for year
On May 20, 1858, the House voted 95–98 (HR 200). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 40–67, Republicans 50–24, Others 5–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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
- 95
- No
- 98
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- May 20, 1858
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 67 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans50 yes · 24 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted yes
- Sydenham Moore D-AL voted yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted no
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted yes
- James Jackson D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
- Timothy Davis R-IA voted no
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted yes
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted yes
- Robert Smith D-IL voted yes
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted yes
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted yes
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted no
- Anson Burlingame R-MA voted no
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
- John M. Wood R-ME voted no
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted no
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted yes
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO voted yes
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted yes
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
- Edward Dodd R-NY voted no
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
- John Mason Parker R-NY voted no
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY voted no
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH voted yes
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted no
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Miller D-OH voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted yes
- Philemon Bliss R-OH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted no
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted no
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted no
- David Ritchie R-PA voted no
- John Dick R-PA voted no
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted yes
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- John Vines Wright D-TN voted yes
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted yes
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- 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
- 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
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson 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
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins 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
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- 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
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- 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
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- William Montgomery 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
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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