To suspend rules so as to introduce a resolution that w.w. Phelps and james m. Cavanuagh, representatives from minnesota, be paid compensation for period oct. 1

On Jun 14, 1858, the House voted 64–92. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 52–32, Republicans 10–51, Others 3–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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: 64
No: 92
Did not vote: 88
Date: Jun 14, 1858

By party

Democrats52 yes · 32 no · 51 didn’t vote
Republicans10 yes · 51 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 9 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted no
James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted yes
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted no
Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME voted yes
Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ voted yes
George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted yes
John Huyler D-NJ voted no
Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
John Cochrane D-NY voted no
Erastus Corning D-NY voted no
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted yes
Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted yes
Owen Jones D-PA voted no
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted yes
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA 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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