House roll call 516 · 35th Congress · Mar 2, 1859
To pass S. 223, (11 stat. 567, app. 3-3-59), an act to provide compensation to MRS. Frances a. Mccauley, widow of daniel s. Mccauley, late consul general of the
On Mar 2, 1859, the House voted 105–55 (S 223). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 47–38, Republicans 54–13, Others 5–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 51 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
- 105
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 84
- Date
- Mar 2, 1859
By party
- Democrats47 yes · 38 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Republicans54 yes · 13 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 4 no · 8 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
- Sidney Dean R-CT voted no
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
- James Jackson D-GA voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- James Madison Gregg D-IN voted no
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted no
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
- James Brown Clay D-KY voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted no
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH voted no
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
- Richard Mott R-OH voted no
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
- Aaron Harlan R-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted no
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH voted no
- John Hickman D-PA voted no
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted no
- Allison White D-PA voted no
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- William Smith 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 Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott 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
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- George Taylor 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
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan 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
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-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
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- 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 White Stevenson D-KY
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Hickman D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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