To table H.J.RES. 28. (p. 2062-2)

On May 11, 1858, the House voted 65–102 (HJR 28). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 22–63, Republicans 40–29, Others 3–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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: 65
No: 102
Did not vote: 78
Date: May 11, 1858

By party

Democrats22 yes · 63 no · 50 didn’t vote
Republicans40 yes · 29 no · 24 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 10 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
Samuel Arnold D-CT voted yes
William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted yes
Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
William Kellogg R-IL voted no
David Kilgore R-IN voted no
John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
Charles Case R-IN voted no
John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
Linus Bacon Comins R-MA voted no
Anson Burlingame R-MA voted no
Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA voted no
Nehemiah Abbott R-ME voted no
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
Reuben Davis D-MS voted yes
John Huyler D-NJ voted yes
Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
Henry Bennett R-NY voted no
Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY voted no
Judson W. Sherman R-NY voted no
Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH voted no
Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH voted no
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
James Landy D-PA voted yes
Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted yes
Owen Jones D-PA voted yes
Henry Chapman D-PA voted yes
Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted yes
Paul Leidy D-PA voted yes
William Harrison Dimmick D-PA voted yes
Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
Allison White D-PA voted yes
John Covode R-PA voted no
Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted no
William Stewart R-PA voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted yes
Paulus Powell D-VA voted yes
Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted yes
John Letcher D-VA voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table H.J.RES. 28. (p. 2062-2): House Vote, May 11, 1858,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/35-H-203/to-table-h-j-res-28-p-2062-2 (accessed 2026-10-17).