House roll call 245 · 35th Congress · May 21, 1858
To adjourn. (p. 2295-1)
On May 21, 1858, the House voted 69–120. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–90, Republicans 53–19, Others 0–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 69
- No
- 120
- Did not vote
- 56
- Date
- May 21, 1858
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 90 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans53 yes · 19 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 11 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- James Wilson R-IN voted no
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA voted no
- Timothy Davis R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted no
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
- James Pike R-NH voted no
- John Huyler D-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY voted no
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY voted no
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY voted no
- Richard Mott R-OH voted no
- Edward Wade 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
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- 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
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Aaron Harlan 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
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- John Letcher 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
- Charles Billinghurst 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
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- James Wilson 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 Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay 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
- Timothy Davis 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
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-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
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Edward Wade R-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
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- 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
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- 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
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark 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
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.