House roll call 491 · 35th Congress · Feb 26, 1859
To adopt eighth amendment to H.R. 872. (p. 1322-1)
On Feb 26, 1859, the House voted 117–82 (HR 872). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–67, Republicans 64–14, Others 13–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 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
- 117
- No
- 82
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Feb 26, 1859
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 67 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans64 yes · 14 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA voted yes
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- 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
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted no
- Eli Thayer 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
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted yes
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted yes
- John Huyler D-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted yes
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- John Cochrane D-NY voted yes
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted yes
- William Fiero Russell D-NY voted yes
- Erastus Corning D-NY voted yes
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY voted no
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted yes
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- 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
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA voted yes
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA voted yes
- William Stewart R-PA voted no
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA voted yes
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted yes
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted yes
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN voted yes
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted yes
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- 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
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch 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
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-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
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- 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
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin 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 Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard 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
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Hickman D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
Did not vote
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
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