House roll call 235 · 35th Congress · May 20, 1858
To pass a resolution that james m. Cavanaugh and w.w. Phelps be admitted and sworn as house members from minnesota, this action not to be construed as precludin
On May 20, 1858, the House voted 97–102. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 97–7, Republicans 0–81, Others 0–14. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 7 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
- 97
- No
- 102
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- May 20, 1858
By party
- Democrats97 yes · 7 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 81 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 14 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted no
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted no
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted no
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston 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 Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-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
- 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
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- 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
- George Hunt Pendleton 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
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- 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
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- 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
- 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
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-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
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse 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
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- 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 Bussing Haskin 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
- 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
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson 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
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
Other votes
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