House roll call 20 · 35th Congress · Dec 23, 1857
To adopt preamble to resolution, which preamble acknowledges the proclamation of brigham young, late governor of utah, that said territory is now in an open sta
On Dec 23, 1857, the House voted 107–76. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 74–26, Republicans 26–46, Others 7–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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
- 107
- No
- 76
- Did not vote
- 62
- Date
- Dec 23, 1857
By party
- Democrats74 yes · 26 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 46 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted no
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA voted no
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Sidney Dean R-CT voted yes
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted no
- David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA voted yes
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted yes
- William Barksdale D-MS voted no
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted no
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted no
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted yes
- Henry Bennett R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY voted yes
- John Mason Parker R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH voted no
- Edward Wade R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted yes
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA voted yes
- David Ritchie R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted yes
- William Stewart R-PA voted yes
- John Dick R-PA voted yes
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
- John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-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
- 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
- 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
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- 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
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart 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
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-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
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-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
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman 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
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson 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
Did not vote
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan 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
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Landy D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
Other votes
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