To pass H.R. 245, (11 stat. 560, app. 2-18-59), a bill for to pay a. Baudouin and a.d. Roberts damages for sinking of their flatboat by U.S. Government steamboa

On May 29, 1858, the House voted 78–44 (HR 245). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 54–5, Democrats 19–38, Others 5–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 44
Did not vote: 123
Date: May 29, 1858

By party

Democrats19 yes · 38 no · 78 didn’t vote
Republicans54 yes · 5 no · 34 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted yes
Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted yes
Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted yes
Aaron Shaw D-IL voted yes
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
James Bradford Foley D-IN voted yes
Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted yes
Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted yes
John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted yes
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN voted yes
William Wallace Phelps D-MN voted yes
John Bullock Clark D-MO voted yes
Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
George Taylor D-NY voted yes
Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted yes
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted no
David Ritchie R-PA voted no
William Stewart R-PA voted no
William Tecumsah Avery D-TN 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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