House roll call 41 · 35th Congress · Feb 1, 1858
To amend H.R. 63, (11 stat 260 app. 2-4-58), a bill to supply omitted appropriation for the national armories, be reducing said appropriation from $360,000 to $
On Feb 1, 1858, the House voted 86–105 (HR 63). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–80, Republicans 55–23, Others 10–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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
- 86
- No
- 105
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Feb 1, 1858
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 80 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Republicans55 yes · 23 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Sydenham Moore D-AL voted yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted yes
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA voted no
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted no
- Anson Burlingame R-MA voted no
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted no
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw 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
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY voted no
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY voted no
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted no
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted yes
- David Ritchie R-PA voted no
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted no
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted yes
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted yes
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN voted yes
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott 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
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin 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
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-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
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- John Huyler D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- William Smith D-VA
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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