House roll call 379 · 35th Congress · Jan 11, 1859
To table resolution relating to william walker. (p. 316-3)
On Jan 11, 1859, the House voted 75–111. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 68–35, Republicans 3–68, Others 4–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 111
- Did not vote
- 59
- Date
- Jan 11, 1859
By party
- Democrats68 yes · 35 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 68 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 8 no · 5 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
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted no
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA voted no
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted no
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- Robert Smith D-IL voted no
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted no
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted no
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
- William Barksdale D-MS voted no
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS voted no
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted no
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted no
- Richard Mott R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence D-OH voted no
- John Hickman D-PA voted no
- Wilson Reilly D-PA voted no
- William Montgomery D-PA voted no
- John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- 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
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin 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
- Samuel George Andrews 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
- 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
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Jackson D-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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