House roll call 239 · 35th Congress · May 20, 1858
To adjourn. (p. 2277-2)
On May 20, 1858, the House voted 74–104. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–87, Republicans 59–14, Others 4–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 74
- No
- 104
- Did not vote
- 67
- Date
- May 20, 1858
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 87 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Republicans59 yes · 14 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted yes
- Robert Smith D-IL voted yes
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted yes
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted yes
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted no
- Timothy Davis R-MA voted no
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted yes
- James Pike R-NH voted no
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY voted no
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY voted no
- Richard Mott R-OH voted no
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted no
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted no
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted no
- John Dick R-PA voted no
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI voted no
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- 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
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- 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
- Charles Brooks Hoard 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
- Matthias H. Nichols 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
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Letcher 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
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- 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
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps 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
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall 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
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Allison White 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
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie 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
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Did not vote
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-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
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin 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
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Joseph Miller 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
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.