House roll call 37 · 35th Congress · Jan 22, 1858
To adjourn house from firday to monday next.
On Jan 22, 1858, the House voted 75–123. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 58–50, Republicans 11–68, Others 6–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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
- 75
- No
- 123
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Jan 22, 1858
By party
- Democrats58 yes · 50 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 68 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Adams Stallworth 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
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted no
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR voted no
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted yes
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
- James Madison Gregg D-IN voted no
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted no
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted no
- George Taylor D-NY voted no
- William Fiero Russell D-NY voted no
- Erastus Corning D-NY voted no
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY voted yes
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
- Joseph Miller D-OH voted no
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted no
- William Lawrence D-OH voted no
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted yes
- James Landy D-PA voted no
- Owen Jones D-PA voted no
- Henry Chapman D-PA voted no
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted no
- Allison White D-PA voted no
- Wilson Reilly D-PA voted no
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- David Ritchie R-PA voted yes
- Albert Galiton Watkins 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
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Bennett 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
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Landy D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie 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
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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