House roll call 30 · 35th Congress · Jan 15, 1858
To adjourn until monday next. (p. 304-2)
On Jan 15, 1858, the House voted 71–114. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 44–53, Republicans 21–56, Others 6–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 65 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
- 71
- No
- 114
- Did not vote
- 60
- Date
- Jan 15, 1858
By party
- Democrats44 yes · 53 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 56 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted yes
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted yes
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted yes
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted yes
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted yes
- James Jackson D-GA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted yes
- John Milton Elliott D-KY voted yes
- James Brown Clay D-KY voted yes
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted yes
- Anson Burlingame R-MA voted yes
- Timothy Davis R-MA voted yes
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted yes
- John M. Wood R-ME voted yes
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted yes
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- William Barksdale D-MS voted yes
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- John Cochrane D-NY voted yes
- Edward Dodd R-NY voted yes
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY voted yes
- Henry Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY voted yes
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted yes
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY voted yes
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted yes
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY voted yes
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted yes
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence D-OH voted yes
- Owen Jones D-PA voted yes
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted yes
- Allison White D-PA voted yes
- David Ritchie R-PA voted yes
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted yes
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted yes
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted yes
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted yes
- John Houston Savage D-TN voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted yes
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- James Wilson R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-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
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Craig D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-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
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Hickman D-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
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- 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
- 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
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles 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
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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