House roll call 282 · 35th Congress · May 29, 1858
To pass H.R. 324, a bill to allow legal representatives of samuel jones five years full pay in lieu of half pay for life. (p. 2524-3)
On May 29, 1858, the House voted 87–38 (HR 324). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 54–8, Democrats 29–29, Others 4–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 37 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
- 87
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 120
- Date
- May 29, 1858
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 29 no · 77 didn’t vote
- Republicans54 yes · 8 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- William Darius Bishop D-CT voted no
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- William Hayden English D-IN voted no
- James Hughes D-IN voted no
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
- James Madison Gregg D-IN voted no
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted no
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI voted no
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- John Huyler D-NJ voted no
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY voted no
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
- Edward Wade R-OH voted no
- David Ritchie R-PA voted no
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode 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
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-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
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Landy D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- 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
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Other votes
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