House roll call 243 · 35th Congress · May 21, 1858
To adjourn. (p. 2294-2)
On May 21, 1858, the House voted 29–143. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–79, Republicans 15–54, Others 1–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 28 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
- 29
- No
- 143
- Did not vote
- 73
- Date
- May 21, 1858
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 79 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 54 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 10 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted yes
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted yes
- Timothy Davis R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- Charles Case R-IN voted yes
- James Brown Clay D-KY voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- John M. Wood R-ME voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ voted yes
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted yes
- John Huyler D-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted yes
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY voted yes
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted yes
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted yes
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted yes
- William Stewart R-PA voted yes
- John Houston Savage D-TN voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted yes
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
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
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- 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
- James Wilson R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-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
- 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
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-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
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson 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
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- 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
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton 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
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.