House roll call 501 · 35th Congress · Mar 1, 1859
To pass H.R. 713, bill relating to civil appropriations. (p. 1532-1,3)
On Mar 1, 1859, the House voted 97–91 (HR 713). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 67–35, Republicans 24–50, Others 6–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 59 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
- 97
- No
- 91
- Did not vote
- 57
- Date
- Mar 1, 1859
By party
- Democrats67 yes · 35 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 50 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 6 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted no
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
- Sydenham Moore D-AL voted no
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted yes
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted yes
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted no
- John Milton Elliott D-KY voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA voted yes
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted yes
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
- John M. Wood R-ME voted yes
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted yes
- William Alanson Howard R-MI voted yes
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
- William Barksdale D-MS voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted yes
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted yes
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY voted yes
- John Mason Parker R-NY voted yes
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Philemon Bliss R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted yes
- Edward Wade R-OH voted yes
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted no
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted yes
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted no
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted no
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted no
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- 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
- 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
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- 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
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson 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
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- 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
- 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
- John Letcher D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- John Alexander Searing 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
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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