House roll call 341 · 35th Congress · Jun 12, 1858
To table report on H.R. 558, (11 stat. 364, app. 6-14-58), bill to make appropriations for ocean transport of U.S. Mail by steamer or otherwise, for year ending
On Jun 12, 1858, the House voted 49–116 (HR 558). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 33–60, Republicans 10–53, Others 6–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 43 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
- 49
- No
- 116
- Did not vote
- 80
- Date
- Jun 12, 1858
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 60 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 53 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Sidney Dean R-CT voted yes
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted yes
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted yes
- John Milton Elliott D-KY voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted yes
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted yes
- William Barksdale D-MS voted yes
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted yes
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Philemon Bliss R-OH voted yes
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted yes
- Edward Wade R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- Owen Jones D-PA voted yes
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted yes
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted yes
- John Houston Savage D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted yes
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Givan Davis D-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
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale 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
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton 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
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-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
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson 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
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- 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
Did not vote
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table report on H.R. 558, (11 stat. 364…: House Vote, Jun 12, 1858,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/35-H-341/to-table-report-on-h-r-558-11-stat (accessed 2026-10-16).