House roll call 480 · 35th Congress · Feb 24, 1859
To amend H.R. 872, a bill relating to post office appropria-tions to provide that the contract with butterfield and co. To carry mail from mississippi river to
On Feb 24, 1859, the House voted 99–102 (HR 872). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–88, Republicans 84–0, Others 2–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 102
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Feb 24, 1859
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 88 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Republicans84 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 14 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL voted yes
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted yes
- Robert Smith D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted yes
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN voted yes
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN voted yes
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO voted yes
- Owen Jones D-PA voted yes
- John Hickman D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- 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
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- 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
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane 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
- 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
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- 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
- Charles Billinghurst 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
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-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
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow 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
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith 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
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- 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
Did not vote
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols 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
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
Other votes
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