To adopt resolution as amended relating to impeachment charges against judge watrous.

On Dec 15, 1858, the House voted 112–87. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 44–61, Republicans 57–24, Others 11–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 68 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: 112
No: 87
Did not vote: 46
Date: Dec 15, 1858

By party

Democrats44 yes · 61 no · 30 didn’t vote
Republicans57 yes · 24 no · 12 didn’t vote
Others11 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted yes
Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
Sidney Dean R-CT voted no
James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted yes
James Jackson D-GA voted yes
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
Aaron Shaw D-IL voted yes
Robert Smith D-IL voted yes
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
James Hughes D-IN voted yes
James Madison Gregg D-IN voted yes
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted yes
John Milton Elliott D-KY voted yes
Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted yes
Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted yes
Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted no
David Safford Walbridge R-MI voted no
James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN voted yes
John Bullock Clark D-MO voted yes
Samuel Caruthers D-MO voted yes
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
Warren Winslow D-NC voted yes
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted yes
Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted yes
Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted yes
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted yes
John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted yes
Edward Dodd R-NY voted no
George William Palmer R-NY voted no
Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
Henry Bennett R-NY voted no
Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY voted no
Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Judson W. Sherman R-NY voted no
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
Joseph Miller D-OH voted yes
Philemon Bliss R-OH voted no
Joseph Burns D-OH voted yes
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
William Montgomery D-PA voted yes
David Ritchie R-PA voted no
William Stewart R-PA voted no
Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted yes
William Waters Boyce D-SC voted yes
Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN voted yes
Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted yes
John Houston Savage D-TN voted yes
John Vines Wright D-TN voted yes
William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted yes
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted yes
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
Charles Billinghurst R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To adopt resolution as amended relating to…: House Vote, Dec 15, 1858,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/35-H-356/to-adopt-resolution-as-amended-relating-to-impeachment-charges (accessed 2026-10-17).