House roll call 321 · 35th Congress · Jun 10, 1858
To concur in Senate amendment to #20 to H.R. 243, (11 stat. 332, app. 6-12-58), army appropriation bill for year ending june 30, 1859, which amendment provides
On Jun 10, 1858, the House voted 53–116 (HR 243). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 25–61, Republicans 24–46, Others 4–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 49 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
- 53
- No
- 116
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- Jun 10, 1858
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 61 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 46 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted yes
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA voted yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted yes
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted yes
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted yes
- James Brown Clay D-KY voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted yes
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted yes
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted yes
- Anson Burlingame R-MA voted yes
- Timothy Davis R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted yes
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted yes
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted yes
- John M. Wood R-ME voted yes
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted yes
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN voted yes
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted yes
- William Barksdale D-MS voted yes
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ voted yes
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted yes
- George Taylor D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- George William Palmer R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted yes
- James Landy D-PA voted yes
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted yes
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA voted yes
- Wilson Reilly D-PA voted yes
- David Ritchie R-PA voted yes
- John Dick R-PA voted yes
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted yes
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted yes
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-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
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford 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
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne 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 Bradford Foley D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner 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
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton 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
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- 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
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Porcher Miles 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
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
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