House roll call 69 · 35th Congress · Feb 5, 1858
To excuse rep. Cragin for non-attendance. (p. 603-2)
On Feb 5, 1858, the House voted 135–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 70–3, Democrats 62–8, Others 3–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 135
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 98
- Date
- Feb 5, 1858
By party
- Democrats62 yes · 8 no · 65 didn’t vote
- Republicans70 yes · 3 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted no
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted no
- Robert Smith D-IL voted no
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted no
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY voted no
- Aaron Harlan R-OH voted no
- Owen Jones D-PA voted no
- William Stewart R-PA voted no
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes 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
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- 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
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Bennett 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
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins 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
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Owen Jones D-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
Did not vote
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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