House roll call 247 · 35th Congress · May 21, 1858
To adjourn. (p. 2295-2)
On May 21, 1858, the House voted 78–102. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–79, Republicans 56–16, Others 5–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 78
- No
- 102
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- May 21, 1858
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 79 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Republicans56 yes · 16 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- James Wilson R-IN voted no
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted yes
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA voted no
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted no
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted no
- 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
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted yes
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY voted no
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY voted no
- Richard Mott R-OH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted no
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted no
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted no
- Paul Leidy D-PA voted yes
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted no
- John Dick R-PA voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- 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 Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman 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
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-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
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-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
- 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
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- 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
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- 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
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-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
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter 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
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- John Mcqueen 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
- 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
- William Osborne Goode 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
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- 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
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell 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
- 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
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.