House roll call 124 · 35th Congress · Mar 19, 1858
To adjourn house until monday next. (p. 1189-3)
On Mar 19, 1858, the House voted 67–125. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 54–54, Republicans 9–64, Others 4–7. 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
- 67
- No
- 125
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Mar 19, 1858
By party
- Democrats54 yes · 54 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 64 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
- Sydenham Moore 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
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR voted no
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted yes
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
- James Jackson D-GA voted no
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted no
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA voted yes
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- James Craig D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- William Barksdale D-MS voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted yes
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted no
- John Huyler D-NJ voted no
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted yes
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted no
- William Lawrence D-OH voted no
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted yes
- John Hickman D-PA voted no
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted yes
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted yes
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted no
- Paul Leidy D-PA voted no
- Allison White D-PA voted no
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA voted no
- David Ritchie R-PA voted yes
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN 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
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted no
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted no
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- George Taylor D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-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
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- 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 Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse 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
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales 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
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson 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
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Hickman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-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 Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins 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
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Owen Jones D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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