House roll call 10 · 35th Congress · Dec 10, 1857
To amend a resolution providing to open daily sessions with a prayer given by washington clergymen requested to alternately perform this duty, so as to compensa
On Dec 10, 1857, the House voted 119–94. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 44–72, Republicans 66–19, Others 9–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 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
- 119
- No
- 94
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Dec 10, 1857
By party
- Democrats44 yes · 72 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans66 yes · 19 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR voted yes
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA voted yes
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted yes
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted yes
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
- Timothy Davis R-IA voted no
- David Kilgore R-IN voted no
- James Brown Clay D-KY voted yes
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted yes
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted yes
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted yes
- James Craig D-MO voted yes
- William Barksdale D-MS voted yes
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted no
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted yes
- John Huyler D-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted yes
- George Taylor D-NY voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted yes
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY voted no
- Henry Bennett R-NY voted no
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY voted no
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH voted yes
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH voted no
- Richard Mott R-OH voted no
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted yes
- Aaron Harlan R-OH voted no
- Joseph Miller D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted no
- Edward Wade R-OH voted no
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted yes
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted yes
- Paul Leidy D-PA voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
- William Stewart R-PA voted no
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA voted yes
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted yes
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted yes
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- James Brown Clay 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
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks 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
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard 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
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin 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
- 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
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- David Ritchie 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
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock 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
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
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris 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
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- James Landy D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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