To adopt resolution which provides for rearrangement of members' seats.

On Mar 3, 1859, the House voted 103–73. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 53–42, Republicans 42–25, Others 8–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 67 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: 103
No: 73
Did not vote: 69
Date: Mar 3, 1859

By party

Democrats53 yes · 42 no · 40 didn’t vote
Republicans42 yes · 25 no · 26 didn’t vote
Others8 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted no
James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted no
William Darius Bishop D-CT voted no
William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted no
Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
James Jackson D-GA voted no
Timothy Davis R-IA voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
William Kellogg R-IL voted no
Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
Charles Drury Hodges D-IL voted no
Robert Smith D-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
William Hayden English D-IN voted no
James Hughes D-IN voted no
James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
James Brown Clay D-KY voted no
John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted no
John M. Wood R-ME voted no
Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted no
Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
James Craig D-MO voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted no
John Huyler D-NJ voted no
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
Elijah Ward D-NY voted no
William Fiero Russell D-NY voted no
Henry Bennett R-NY voted no
Amos Phelps Granger R-NY voted no
Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted no
Edward Wade R-OH voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
William Montgomery D-PA voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted no
John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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