House roll call 365 · 35th Congress · Dec 21, 1858
To adjourn. (p. 167-3)
On Dec 21, 1858, the House voted 91–104. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 50–52, Republicans 39–39, Others 2–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 89 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
- 91
- No
- 104
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Dec 21, 1858
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 52 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 39 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 13 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted yes
- Sydenham Moore D-AL voted yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted no
- Sidney Dean R-CT voted no
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted yes
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted yes
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted yes
- James Jackson D-GA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
- Charles Case R-IN voted no
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted no
- Anson Burlingame R-MA voted no
- Timothy Davis R-MA voted no
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted yes
- William Barksdale D-MS voted yes
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted yes
- Henry Marchmore Shaw 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
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ voted no
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted yes
- Erastus Corning D-NY voted yes
- George William Palmer R-NY voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted no
- Henry Bennett R-NY voted no
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY voted no
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
- John Mason Parker R-NY voted no
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH voted yes
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
- Joseph Miller D-OH voted yes
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted no
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted yes
- Henry Chapman D-PA voted yes
- William High Keim R-PA voted no
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted no
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted no
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted no
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted no
- William Stewart R-PA voted no
- John Dick R-PA voted no
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI voted no
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted yes
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted yes
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted yes
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
And 9 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-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
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Landy D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.