House roll call 367 · 35th Congress · Dec 22, 1858
To adjourn. (p. 168-2)
On Dec 22, 1858, the House voted 66–90. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 30–47, Republicans 35–33, Others 1–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 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
- 66
- No
- 90
- Did not vote
- 89
- Date
- Dec 22, 1858
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 47 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 33 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 10 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted no
- Sidney Dean R-CT voted no
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted yes
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- David Kilgore R-IN voted no
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted no
- Anson Burlingame R-MA voted no
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted yes
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN 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
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted yes
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted yes
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted no
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ voted no
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted no
- John Alexander Searing D-NY voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted yes
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted yes
- 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
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY voted no
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted yes
- Owen Jones 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
- 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
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes
- William Smith D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry 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
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Kellogg 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
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett 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
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox 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
- Henry Chapman D-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
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Did not vote
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey 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
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Landy D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.