To suspend rules in order to introduce a resolution to re-store previous rates of pay to house doorkeeper and assistant as provided in joint resolution of june

On Jan 31, 1859, the House voted 91–78. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 47–42, Republicans 39–30, Others 5–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 72 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: 91
No: 78
Did not vote: 76
Date: Jan 31, 1859

By party

Democrats47 yes · 42 no · 46 didn’t vote
Republicans39 yes · 30 no · 24 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Ferguson Dowdell 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
Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
Timothy Davis R-IA voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
William Kellogg R-IL voted no
Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
Charles Drury Hodges D-IL voted no
Aaron Shaw D-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
William Hayden English D-IN voted no
James Madison Gregg D-IN voted no
John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
John Milton Elliott D-KY voted no
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted no
Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
William Wallace Phelps D-MN voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
William Barksdale D-MS voted no
Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY voted no
Edward Dodd R-NY voted no
Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted no
Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
Amos Phelps Granger R-NY voted no
Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY voted no
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
John Mason Parker R-NY voted no
Aaron Harlan R-OH voted no
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted no
Philemon Bliss R-OH voted no
Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
Edward Wade R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
John Hickman D-PA voted no
John Dick R-PA voted no
William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
Charles Billinghurst R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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