To agree to amended amendment to resolution relating to re-port on sale of fort snelling. (p. 2657-2)

On Jun 2, 1858, the House voted 88–108. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 56–52, Republicans 21–54, Others 11–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 73 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: 88
No: 108
Did not vote: 49
Date: Jun 2, 1858

By party

Democrats56 yes · 52 no · 27 didn’t vote
Republicans21 yes · 54 no · 18 didn’t vote
Others11 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted no
Samuel Arnold D-CT voted no
William Darius Bishop D-CT voted no
William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted no
James Jackson D-GA voted no
Timothy Davis R-IA voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
Aaron Shaw D-IL voted no
James Hughes D-IN voted no
James Madison Gregg D-IN voted no
Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted no
John Milton Elliott D-KY voted no
John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted no
Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted no
John M. Wood R-ME voted yes
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted yes
James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
William Barksdale D-MS voted no
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ voted yes
George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted yes
Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted no
John Huyler D-NJ voted no
Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
John Alexander Searing D-NY voted no
John Kelly D-NY voted no
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
Elijah Ward D-NY voted no
William Fiero Russell D-NY voted no
Erastus Corning D-NY voted no
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted yes
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted yes
Aaron Harlan R-OH voted yes
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
Joseph Miller D-OH voted no
Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted yes
Owen Jones D-PA voted no
Henry Chapman D-PA voted no
Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted yes
John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted yes
Paul Leidy D-PA voted no
William Harrison Dimmick D-PA voted no
Allison White D-PA voted no
John Alexander Ahl D-PA voted no
David Ritchie R-PA voted yes
Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted yes
James Lisle Gillis D-PA voted no
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI voted yes
William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted no
Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted no
John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Charles Billinghurst R-WI 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 agree to amended amendment to resolution…: House Vote, Jun 2, 1858,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/35-H-290/to-agree-to-amended-amendment-to-resolution-relating-to (accessed 2026-10-17).