House roll call 99 · 35th Congress · Feb 19, 1858
To adjourn house until tuesday next. (p. 792-2)
On Feb 19, 1858, the House voted 86–82. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 56–27, Republicans 23–53, Others 7–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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
- 86
- No
- 82
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Feb 19, 1858
By party
- Democrats56 yes · 27 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 53 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 2 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted no
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted yes
- William Darius Bishop D-CT voted no
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted yes
- Timothy Davis R-IA voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
- David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted yes
- Timothy Davis R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted yes
- James Craig D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- John Huyler D-NJ voted no
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
- George Taylor D-NY voted no
- Edward Dodd R-NY voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted yes
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted yes
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY voted yes
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH voted yes
- Philemon Bliss R-OH voted yes
- Owen Jones D-PA voted no
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted no
- Wilson Reilly D-PA voted no
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- 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
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis 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
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle 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
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott 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
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- George William Palmer 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
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Wilson Reilly 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
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- 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
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-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
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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