House roll call 537 · 35th Congress · Mar 3, 1859
To adjourn. (p. 1678-2)
On Mar 3, 1859, the House voted 21–147. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–85, Republicans 14–53, Others 1–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 21
- No
- 147
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Mar 3, 1859
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 85 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 53 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 9 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Sidney Dean R-CT voted yes
- William Darius Bishop D-CT voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted yes
- Anson Burlingame R-MA voted yes
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted yes
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted yes
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY voted yes
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted yes
- Henry Bennett R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted yes
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted yes
- William Stewart R-PA voted yes
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- John Fox Potter 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
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-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
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood 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
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- 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
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale 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
- Francis Burton Craige 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
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter 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
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- 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
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.