House roll call 87 · 35th Congress · Feb 9, 1858
To adopt resolution to appoint special committee to investigate the sale and purchase of land tract at wilkins or willitts point in queens county, new york, pur
On Feb 9, 1858, the House voted 148–36. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 58–36, Republicans 79–0, Others 11–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 36 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
- 148
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Feb 9, 1858
By party
- Democrats58 yes · 36 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Republicans79 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
- Sydenham Moore D-AL voted no
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted no
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted no
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted no
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted no
- James Jackson D-GA voted no
- James Madison Gregg D-IN voted no
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted no
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- William Barksdale D-MS voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
- George Taylor D-NY voted no
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted no
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- James Landy D-PA voted no
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted no
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA voted no
- Allison White D-PA voted no
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA voted no
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN voted no
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-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
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell 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
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-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
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Bennett 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
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- William Lawrence D-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
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Ready O-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
- 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
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins 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
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- George Taylor D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
Did not vote
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Wilson R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Owen Jones D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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