House roll call 246 · 35th Congress · May 21, 1858
To adjourn until monday next. (p. 2295-2)
On May 21, 1858, the House voted 17–143. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–76, Republicans 9–58, Others 0–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 17
- No
- 143
- Did not vote
- 85
- Date
- May 21, 1858
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 76 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 58 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 9 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
- Timothy Davis R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- John M. Wood R-ME voted yes
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- John Kelly D-NY voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY voted yes
- William Stewart R-PA voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John M. Wood R-ME
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-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
- William Shapleigh Damrell 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
- 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
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- 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
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Thompson R-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
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade 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
- 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
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- John Houston Savage 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
- 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
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens 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
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall 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
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-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
- 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
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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