House roll call 442 · 35th Congress · Feb 9, 1859
To amend a house resolution relating to the construction of a court house in baltimore so as to eliminate instructions to committee of ways and means to report
On Feb 9, 1859, the House voted 67–118. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 68–28, Republicans 0–77, Others 1–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 67
- No
- 118
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- Feb 9, 1859
By party
- Democrats68 yes · 28 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 77 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 13 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted no
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL voted no
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted no
- Robert Smith D-IL voted no
- James Brown Clay D-KY voted no
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted no
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN voted no
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted no
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted no
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted no
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted no
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY voted no
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-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
- Paul Leidy D-PA voted no
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA voted no
- William Montgomery D-PA voted no
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- 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 Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English 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
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan 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
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis 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
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes 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
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin 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
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton 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
- 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
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- 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
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Huyler D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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