House roll call 318 · 35th Congress · Jun 9, 1858
To adopt H.J.RES. 9 to authorize postmaster general to revise and adjust accounts of harris and morgan on principles of justice and equity. (p. 2852-1)
On Jun 9, 1858, the House voted 123–45 (HJR 9). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 56–31, Republicans 57–14, Others 10–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 45 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
- 123
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Jun 9, 1858
By party
- Democrats56 yes · 31 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Republicans57 yes · 14 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Sydenham Moore D-AL voted no
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted no
- William Darius Bishop D-CT voted no
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
- James Madison Gregg D-IN voted no
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Anson Burlingame R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted no
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
- John Thompson R-NY voted no
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted no
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY voted no
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY voted no
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted no
- Owen Jones D-PA voted no
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
- David Ritchie R-PA voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted no
- John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- William Smith D-VA voted no
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted no
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted no
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- 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 Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster 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
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner 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
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall 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
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- John Thompson R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- George Taylor 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
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
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