House roll call 411 · 35th Congress · Jan 28, 1859
To table H.R. 197, a bill to provide relief for charles j. Ingersoll, by paying per diem and mileage of a member of Congress while he was engaged in contesting
On Jan 28, 1859, the House voted 120–73 (HR 197). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 54–51, Republicans 56–19, Others 10–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 70 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
- 120
- No
- 73
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Jan 28, 1859
By party
- Democrats54 yes · 51 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans56 yes · 19 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted no
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE 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
- James Jackson D-GA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted no
- Robert Smith D-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- James Wilson R-IN voted no
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
- Charles Case R-IN voted no
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
- James Brown Clay D-KY voted no
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted no
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted no
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted no
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted no
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN voted no
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN voted no
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS voted no
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted no
- John Huyler D-NJ voted no
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
- John Alexander Searing D-NY voted no
- John Cochrane D-NY voted no
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted no
- William Fiero Russell D-NY voted no
- Edward Dodd R-NY voted no
- George William Palmer R-NY voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted no
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY voted no
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
- Joseph Miller D-OH voted no
- William Lawrence D-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted no
- James Landy D-PA voted no
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted no
- Owen Jones D-PA voted no
- John Hickman D-PA voted no
- William High Keim R-PA voted no
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted no
- Paul Leidy D-PA voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
- Allison White D-PA voted no
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA voted no
- William Montgomery D-PA voted no
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA voted no
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted no
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
- William Smith D-VA voted no
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter 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
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane 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
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- 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
- John Mcqueen 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 Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- 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
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Smith D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
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