To suspend rules in order to introduce resolution that the fifteenth and sixteenth be set apart for consideration of territorial business. (p. 865-3)

On Feb 7, 1859, the House voted 117–69. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 93–3, Republicans 15–61, Others 9–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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: 117
No: 69
Did not vote: 59
Date: Feb 7, 1859

By party

Democrats93 yes · 3 no · 39 didn’t vote
Republicans15 yes · 61 no · 17 didn’t vote
Others9 yes · 5 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted yes
David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
James Wilson R-IN voted yes
Charles Case R-IN voted yes
Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
John M. Wood R-ME voted yes
Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME voted yes
Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted yes
Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted yes
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted yes
Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted yes
Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted no
John Hickman D-PA voted no
Henry Chapman D-PA voted no
William High Keim R-PA voted yes
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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