To adopt the resolution that when the house adjourns tomorrow it will adjourn to meet in the new hall of representatives in south wing capital extension, on wed

On Dec 14, 1857, the House voted 149–61. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 72–41, Republicans 66–17, Others 11–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 58 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: 149
No: 61
Did not vote: 35
Date: Dec 14, 1857

By party

Democrats72 yes · 41 no · 22 didn’t vote
Republicans66 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others11 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted no
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
James Hughes D-IN voted no
James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
David Kilgore R-IN voted no
James Wilson R-IN voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted no
Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted no
James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
James Craig D-MO voted no
Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
James Pike R-NH voted no
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted no
John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted no
Edward Dodd R-NY voted no
Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY voted no
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
Joseph Miller D-OH voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
Joseph Burns D-OH voted no
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted no
James Landy D-PA voted no
Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted no
John Hickman D-PA voted no
Henry Chapman D-PA voted no
Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted no
Paul Leidy D-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
William Montgomery D-PA voted no
Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted no
Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted no
John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
Charles Billinghurst R-WI 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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