House roll call 384 · 35th Congress · Jan 13, 1859
To refer H.R. 712, (11 stat. 404, app. 3-3-59), naval appropriation bill for year ending june 30, 1860, to the committee of the whole on the state of the union,
On Jan 13, 1859, the House voted 97–78 (HR 712). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 74–14, Republicans 16–60, Others 7–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 97
- No
- 78
- Did not vote
- 70
- Date
- Jan 13, 1859
By party
- Democrats74 yes · 14 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 60 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- Robert Smith D-IL voted no
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA voted yes
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted no
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted yes
- William Alanson Howard R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- James Pike R-NH voted yes
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted yes
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted no
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted no
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted no
- William Lawrence D-OH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted yes
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted no
- David Ritchie R-PA voted yes
- William Stewart R-PA voted yes
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- William Smith D-VA voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne 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
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-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
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt 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
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain 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
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner 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
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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