To table H.R. 874, a bill to authorize postmaster general to contract for carrying of mail on all public roads which have been or will be constructed in U.S., t

On Feb 14, 1859, the House voted 80–99 (HR 874). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 38–55, Republicans 39–35, Others 3–9. 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: 80
No: 99
Did not vote: 66
Date: Feb 14, 1859

By party

Democrats38 yes · 55 no · 42 didn’t vote
Republicans39 yes · 35 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 9 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted yes
Sydenham Moore D-AL voted yes
George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted yes
William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted yes
Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted yes
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted yes
James Jackson D-GA voted yes
Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
Charles Case R-IN voted no
Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted yes
Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted yes
John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
Robert Bernard Hall R-MA voted no
Anson Burlingame R-MA voted no
Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted no
Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
John M. Wood R-ME voted no
Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME voted no
Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted no
Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted no
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
William Wallace Phelps D-MN voted yes
Reuben Davis D-MS voted yes
Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted yes
Warren Winslow D-NC voted yes
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted yes
Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted yes
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
John Cochrane D-NY voted yes
John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted yes
Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY voted no
Henry Bennett R-NY voted no
Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY voted no
Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
Amos Phelps Granger R-NY voted no
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
John Mason Parker R-NY voted no
Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted yes
Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted no
Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted no
Philemon Bliss R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Henry Chapman D-PA voted yes
William High Keim R-PA voted no
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted no
John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted no
William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted yes
Allison White D-PA voted yes
Wilson Reilly D-PA voted yes
John Rufus Edie R-PA voted no
William Stewart R-PA voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted yes
Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted yes
Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted yes
George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
John Vines Wright D-TN voted yes
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted yes
John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted yes
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted yes
William Smith D-VA voted yes
Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted yes
John Letcher D-VA voted yes
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Charles Billinghurst R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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