House roll call 478 · 35th Congress · Feb 24, 1859
To order a call of the house. (p. 1320-3)
On Feb 24, 1859, the House voted 29–125. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–54, Republicans 9–62, Others 1–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 29
- No
- 125
- Did not vote
- 90
- Date
- Feb 24, 1859
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 54 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 62 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 10 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted yes
- Timothy Davis R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted yes
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted yes
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted yes
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY voted yes
- John Mason Parker R-NY voted yes
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted yes
- Richard Mott R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted yes
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted yes
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted yes
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted yes
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton 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
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott 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
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- 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
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane 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
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- 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
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
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