House roll call 469 · 35th Congress · Feb 21, 1859
To table motion to reconsider the vote by which house disagreed to second amendment to H.R. 667, (11 stat. 431, app. 3-3-59), bill relating to appropriations fo
On Feb 21, 1859, the House voted 94–82 (HR 667). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 33–63, Republicans 55–16, Others 6–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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
- 94
- No
- 82
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Feb 21, 1859
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 63 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Republicans55 yes · 16 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted yes
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
- Sidney Dean R-CT voted no
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted yes
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- James Hughes D-IN voted yes
- James Madison Gregg D-IN voted yes
- Charles Case R-IN voted no
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN voted yes
- James Craig D-MO voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted yes
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted yes
- Edward Dodd R-NY voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
- Richard Mott R-OH voted no
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
- Edward Wade R-OH voted no
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH voted no
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- James Landy D-PA voted yes
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted yes
- Owen Jones D-PA voted yes
- John Hickman D-PA voted yes
- Paul Leidy D-PA voted yes
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA voted yes
- Allison White D-PA voted yes
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA voted yes
- Wilson Reilly D-PA voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted yes
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA voted yes
- John Dick R-PA voted no
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted yes
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted yes
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted yes
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis 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
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- 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
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- 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
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth 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
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Dick R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
Did not vote
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
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