House roll call 507 · 35th Congress · Mar 2, 1859
To amend S. 593, (11 stat. 437, app. 3-3-59), an act to provide for extending laws and judicial systems of the U.S. Over the state of oregon, and other purposes
On Mar 2, 1859, the House voted 91–79 (S 593). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 27–59, Republicans 57–16, Others 7–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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
- 91
- No
- 79
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Mar 2, 1859
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 59 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Republicans57 yes · 16 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL voted yes
- Robert Smith D-IL voted yes
- William Hayden English D-IN voted yes
- James Madison Gregg D-IN voted yes
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
- James Brown Clay D-KY voted yes
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted no
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME voted no
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted no
- William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted yes
- William Barksdale D-MS voted yes
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted yes
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted yes
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted yes
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted yes
- George William Palmer R-NY voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
- John Mason Parker R-NY voted no
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH voted yes
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted no
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted yes
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH voted yes
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted no
- John Hickman D-PA voted yes
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted no
- David Ritchie R-PA voted no
- William Stewart R-PA voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- 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
- Robert Smith D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- 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
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch 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
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-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
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher 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
How each representative voted: No
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott 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
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-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
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-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 Huyler D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham 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
- Allison White D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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