House roll call 276 · 35th Congress · May 28, 1858
To pass H.R. 558, mail steamer appropriation bill. (p. 2472-3)
On May 28, 1858, the House voted 101–94 (HR 558). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 53–53, Republicans 45–29, Others 3–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 82 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
- 101
- No
- 94
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- May 28, 1858
By party
- Democrats53 yes · 53 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans45 yes · 29 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 12 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted no
- Eli Sims Shorter 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
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT voted no
- Sidney Dean R-CT voted no
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
- James Jackson D-GA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
- Timothy Davis R-IA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- David Kilgore R-IN voted no
- James Wilson R-IN voted no
- Charles Case R-IN voted no
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted no
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
- John Milton Elliott D-KY voted no
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
- James Craig D-MO voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
- William Barksdale D-MS voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- James Pike R-NH voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
- Henry Bennett R-NY voted no
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted no
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
- Richard Mott R-OH voted no
- Aaron Harlan R-OH voted no
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
- Joseph Miller D-OH voted no
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
- William Lawrence D-OH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted no
- Edward Wade R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
- Allison White D-PA voted no
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted no
- William Stewart R-PA voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted no
- William Waters Boyce D-SC 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
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted no
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA 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
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted no
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted no
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
And 2 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Letcher D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- 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
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow 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
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-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
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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