To table resolution relating to nebraska contested election case; that bird b. Chapman is legally elected delegate from nebraska territory. (p. 914-2,943-2)

On Feb 10, 1859, the House voted 99–93. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 59–39, Republicans 34–45, Others 6–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 73 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: 99
No: 93
Did not vote: 53
Date: Feb 10, 1859

By party

Democrats59 yes · 39 no · 37 didn’t vote
Republicans34 yes · 45 no · 14 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted no
Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA voted no
Sidney Dean R-CT voted yes
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted yes
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
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
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted no
Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted no
John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
Robert Bernard Hall R-MA voted yes
Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted yes
James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted yes
Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted yes
David Safford Walbridge R-MI voted yes
William Wallace Phelps D-MN voted no
Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted no
John Huyler 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
Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY voted yes
Edward Dodd R-NY voted yes
George William Palmer R-NY voted yes
Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted yes
Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY voted yes
Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY voted yes
Amos Phelps Granger R-NY voted yes
Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY voted yes
John Mason Parker R-NY voted yes
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
Judson W. Sherman R-NY voted yes
Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY voted no
Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted yes
Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH voted no
Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted yes
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted yes
Henry Chapman D-PA voted no
William High Keim R-PA voted yes
John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted yes
John Rufus Edie R-PA voted yes
John Covode R-PA voted yes
William Montgomery D-PA voted no
William Stewart R-PA voted yes
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted no
William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
Charles Billinghurst R-WI 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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