House roll call 248 · 35th Congress · May 21, 1858
To adjourn. (p. 2295-3)
On May 21, 1858, the House voted 83–93. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–79, Republicans 57–11, Others 5–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 83
- No
- 93
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- May 21, 1858
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 79 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Republicans57 yes · 11 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 3 no · 9 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
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA voted no
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted no
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted yes
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
- Richard Mott R-OH voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted yes
- 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
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted no
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- William Smith D-VA 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
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne 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
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- John Anthony Quitman 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
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey 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
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-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 Covode R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Smith 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
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-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
- 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
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Joseph Burns 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
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Houston Savage 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
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-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
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- 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
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson 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
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- William Lawrence 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
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.