House roll call 29 · 35th Congress · Jan 14, 1858
To adjourn this day (friday) and meet again monday next.
On Jan 14, 1858, the House voted 19–134. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–63, Republicans 2–64, Others 2–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 19
- No
- 134
- Did not vote
- 92
- Date
- Jan 14, 1858
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 63 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 64 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- Anson Burlingame R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- James Landy D-PA voted yes
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted yes
- Allison White D-PA voted yes
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted yes
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted yes
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- 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
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-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
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Cochrane D-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
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer 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
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins 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
Did not vote
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Huyler D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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