House roll call 412 · 35th Congress · Jan 28, 1859
To pass H.R. 666. (p. 634-3)
On Jan 28, 1859, the House voted 101–98 (HR 666). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 84–25, Republicans 8–66, Others 9–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 101
- No
- 98
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Jan 28, 1859
By party
- Democrats84 yes · 25 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 66 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 7 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted no
- Eli Sims Shorter 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
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- John M. Wood R-ME voted yes
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted yes
- David Ritchie R-PA voted yes
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted no
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted no
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted no
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-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
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- 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
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck 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
- 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
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith 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
- 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
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd 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
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-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
- William High Keim R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- 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
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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