House roll call 546 · 35th Congress · Mar 3, 1859
To suspend rules so as to report resolution of elections committee that bird chapman of nebraska, an elected delegate be paid out of the contingent fund his mil
On Mar 3, 1859, the House voted 111–40. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 45–29, Republicans 59–8, Others 7–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 37 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
- 111
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 94
- Date
- Mar 3, 1859
By party
- Democrats45 yes · 29 no · 61 didn’t vote
- Republicans59 yes · 8 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted no
- Sidney Dean R-CT voted no
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
- George Taylor D-NY voted no
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY voted no
- William Fiero Russell D-NY voted no
- John Thompson R-NY voted no
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY voted no
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
- John Mason Parker R-NY voted no
- Richard Mott R-OH voted no
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted no
- Owen Jones D-PA voted no
- Allison White D-PA voted no
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted no
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted no
- Samuel Axley Smith 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
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted no
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
- John Singleton Millson 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
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris 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
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-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
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins 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
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- George Taylor D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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