House roll call 97 · 35th Congress · Feb 17, 1858
To adopt resolution relating to maryland contested election case.
On Feb 17, 1858, the House voted 115–89. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–88, Republicans 85–0, Others 12–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 115
- No
- 89
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 17, 1858
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 88 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans85 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted yes
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- James Craig D-MO voted yes
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted yes
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted yes
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- John Vines Wright D-TN voted yes
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted yes
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-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
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-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 Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-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
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson 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
- 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
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-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
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens 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 Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-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
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- 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
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Did not vote
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- William Smith D-VA
Other votes
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