House roll call 354 · 35th Congress · Dec 10, 1858
To adjourn until monday next. (p. 30-2)
On Dec 10, 1858, the House voted 81–96. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 56–32, Republicans 17–60, Others 8–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 81
- No
- 96
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Dec 10, 1858
By party
- Democrats56 yes · 32 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 60 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- Robert Smith D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- James Hughes D-IN voted no
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- Anson Burlingame R-MA voted yes
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted yes
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted yes
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN voted no
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
- James Craig D-MO voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ voted yes
- John Huyler D-NJ voted no
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
- George Taylor D-NY voted no
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted yes
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted yes
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY voted yes
- Henry Bennett R-NY voted yes
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH voted no
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted yes
- Richard Mott R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
- Philemon Bliss R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence D-OH voted no
- James Landy D-PA voted no
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted no
- Owen Jones D-PA voted no
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted yes
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted no
- Paul Leidy D-PA voted no
- William Montgomery D-PA voted no
- John Dick R-PA voted yes
- John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins 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
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Other votes
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