House roll call 431 · 35th Congress · Feb 4, 1859
To order a call of the house. (p. 840)
On Feb 4, 1859, the House voted 47–67. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–32, Republicans 19–34, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 45 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
- 47
- No
- 67
- Did not vote
- 131
- Date
- Feb 4, 1859
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 32 no · 77 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 34 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
- Sidney Dean R-CT voted yes
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted yes
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted yes
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted yes
- James Madison Gregg D-IN voted yes
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- Charles Case R-IN voted yes
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted yes
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted yes
- William Alanson Howard R-MI voted yes
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted yes
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted yes
- John Alexander Searing D-NY voted yes
- John Cochrane D-NY voted yes
- Edward Dodd R-NY voted yes
- John Mason Parker R-NY voted yes
- Aaron Harlan R-OH voted yes
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted yes
- Edward Wade R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- James Landy D-PA voted yes
- Owen Jones D-PA voted yes
- Wilson Reilly D-PA voted yes
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- John Houston Savage D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Landy D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott 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
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Huyler D-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
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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