House roll call 76 · 35th Congress · Feb 5, 1858
To excuse MR. Davidson for his non-appearance. (p. 605-2)
On Feb 5, 1858, the House voted 122–8. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 65–3, Democrats 54–5, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 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
- 122
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 115
- Date
- Feb 5, 1858
By party
- Democrats54 yes · 5 no · 76 didn’t vote
- Republicans65 yes · 3 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
- David Kilgore R-IN voted no
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted no
- William Montgomery D-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb 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
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. 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
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales 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
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse 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
- Lewis Davis Campbell 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
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell 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
How each representative voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- William Montgomery D-PA
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax 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
- 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
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- 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
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-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
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-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
- William Stewart R-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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