To adopt Senate resolution that Congress adjourn on december 23, until janurary 4 next. (p. 152-1)

On Dec 20, 1858, the House voted 98–94. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 57–48, Republicans 32–42, Others 9–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 80 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: 98
No: 94
Did not vote: 53
Date: Dec 20, 1858

By party

Democrats57 yes · 48 no · 30 didn’t vote
Republicans32 yes · 42 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others9 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted no
James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
Sydenham Moore D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted no
Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
Timothy Davis R-IA voted yes
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
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
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
William Hayden English D-IN voted no
James Hughes D-IN voted no
James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
Charles Case R-IN voted yes
Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
Anson Burlingame R-MA voted yes
Timothy Davis R-MA voted yes
James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted yes
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted yes
Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN voted no
William Wallace Phelps D-MN voted no
John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
James Craig D-MO voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
William Barksdale D-MS voted no
Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ voted yes
George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted yes
Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY voted yes
John Thompson R-NY voted yes
Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted yes
Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY voted yes
Henry Bennett R-NY voted yes
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted yes
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
Samuel George Andrews R-NY voted yes
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH voted no
Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted yes
Richard Mott R-OH voted yes
Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH voted no
Joseph Miller D-OH voted no
Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
Philemon Bliss R-OH voted yes
John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted yes
William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted no
Paul Leidy D-PA voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted yes
Allison White D-PA voted no
Wilson Reilly D-PA voted no
Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted yes
John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
John Singleton Millson 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
John Letcher D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
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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Capitol Receipts, “To adopt Senate resolution that Congress…: House Vote, Dec 20, 1858,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/35-H-362/to-adopt-senate-resolution-that-congress-adjourn-on-december (accessed 2026-10-17).