House roll call 281 · 35th Congress · May 29, 1858
To pass H.R. 245, (11 stat. 560, app. 2-18-59), a bill for to pay a. Baudouin and a.d. Roberts damages for sinking of their flatboat by U.S. Government steamboa
On May 29, 1858, the House voted 78–44 (HR 245). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 54–5, Democrats 19–38, Others 5–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 78
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 123
- Date
- May 29, 1858
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 38 no · 78 didn’t vote
- Republicans54 yes · 5 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted yes
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted yes
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted yes
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted yes
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN voted yes
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN voted yes
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- George Taylor D-NY voted yes
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted no
- David Ritchie R-PA voted no
- William Stewart R-PA voted no
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- 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
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett 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
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Landy D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Other votes
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