House roll call 444 · 35th Congress · Feb 9, 1859
To amend H.R. 711, so as to eliminate appropriation for binding copies of congressional globe for house members and delegates. (p. 912-3)
On Feb 9, 1859, the House voted 91–82 (HR 711). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 63–31, Republicans 20–49, Others 9–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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
- 82
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- Feb 9, 1859
By party
- Democrats63 yes · 31 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 49 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted no
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted no
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted yes
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL voted no
- Robert Smith D-IL voted no
- James Madison Gregg D-IN voted no
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted yes
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted no
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN voted no
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
- James Craig D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- James Pike R-NH voted yes
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted no
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted no
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted no
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted no
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY voted yes
- Edward Dodd R-NY voted yes
- George William Palmer R-NY voted yes
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY voted yes
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY voted yes
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted yes
- John Mason Parker R-NY voted yes
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Richard Mott R-OH voted yes
- Aaron Harlan R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted no
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- James Landy D-PA voted no
- John Hickman D-PA voted no
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted no
- Paul Leidy D-PA voted no
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA voted no
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted no
- William Stewart R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
- William Osborne Goode D-VA 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
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-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
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-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
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame 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
- 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
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- 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
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton 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
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr 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
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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