To excuse MR. Warren from voting on the motion to excuse MR. Garnett, no quorum voting. (p. 601-3)

On Feb 5, 1858, the House voted 72–31. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 58–16, Democrats 13–13, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 29 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: 72
No: 31
Did not vote: 142
Date: Feb 5, 1858

By party

Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 109 didn’t vote
Republicans58 yes · 16 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Timothy Davis R-IA voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Aaron Shaw D-IL voted no
William Hayden English D-IN voted no
James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
Anson Burlingame R-MA voted no
Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
John M. Wood R-ME voted no
Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted no
Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
John Kelly D-NY voted no
Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted no
Richard Mott R-OH voted no
Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted no
William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted no
Wilson Reilly D-PA voted no
William Montgomery D-PA voted no
Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted no
John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted no
John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
Charles Billinghurst R-WI 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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