House roll call 19 · 35th Congress · Dec 23, 1857
To table the resolution and preamble that the committee on territories be instructed to report the facts regarding an apparent rebellion in the territory of uta
On Dec 23, 1857, the House voted 72–118. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–76, Republicans 42–37, Others 6–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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
- 72
- No
- 118
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- Dec 23, 1857
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 76 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Republicans42 yes · 37 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted yes
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted no
- Sidney Dean R-CT voted no
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted yes
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- James Wilson R-IN voted no
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA voted no
- Timothy Davis R-MA voted no
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted no
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted no
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- William Barksdale D-MS voted yes
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted yes
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- John Cochrane D-NY voted yes
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted yes
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted yes
- Edward Dodd R-NY voted no
- Henry Bennett R-NY voted no
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY voted no
- John Mason Parker R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY voted no
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Aaron Harlan R-OH voted no
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Edward Wade R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted no
- David Ritchie R-PA voted no
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted no
- William Stewart R-PA voted no
- John Dick R-PA voted no
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted yes
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted yes
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted yes
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted yes
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill 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
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner 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
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
Did not vote
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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