To postpone consideration of report of select committee appointed to investigate sale of fort snelling, until second tuesday of december next. (p. 2408-3)

On May 26, 1858, the House voted 26–167. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–99, Republicans 18–59, Others 4–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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: 26
No: 167
Did not vote: 52
Date: May 26, 1858

By party

Democrats4 yes · 99 no · 32 didn’t vote
Republicans18 yes · 59 no · 16 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted yes
James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
Aaron Shaw D-IL voted yes
John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted yes
Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted yes
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted yes
Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
David Safford Walbridge R-MI voted yes
Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY voted yes
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted yes
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted yes
William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH voted yes
Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted yes
Richard Mott R-OH voted yes
Aaron Harlan R-OH voted yes
Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
Edward Wade R-OH voted yes
William Stewart R-PA voted yes
William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To postpone consideration of report of…: House Vote, May 26, 1858,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/35-H-268/to-postpone-consideration-of-report-of-select-committee-appointed (accessed 2026-10-17).