To adopt a resolution to commit john w. Wolcott to jail for failure to answer questions put to him by the house. (p. 715-1)

On Feb 15, 1858, the House voted 133–55. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 73–28, Republicans 52–21, Others 8–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 49 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: 133
No: 55
Did not vote: 57
Date: Feb 15, 1858

By party

Democrats73 yes · 28 no · 34 didn’t vote
Republicans52 yes · 21 no · 20 didn’t vote
Others8 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted no
James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted no
James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
Timothy Davis R-IA voted no
William Hayden English D-IN voted no
James Hughes D-IN voted no
Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
James Brown Clay D-KY voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted no
Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted no
Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted no
Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted no
Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted no
David Safford Walbridge R-MI voted no
John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted no
Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted no
Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ voted no
George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted no
Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted no
John Thompson R-NY voted no
Henry Bennett R-NY voted no
Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY voted no
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH voted no
Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted no
Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
William Stewart R-PA voted no
William Waters Boyce 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
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
Homer Elihu Royce R-VT 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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