House roll call 283 · 35th Congress · May 31, 1858
To adopt S.J. RES. 28, (11 stat. 370, app. 6-2-58), for adjustment of difficulties with republic of paraguay. (p. 2547-2)
On May 31, 1858, the House voted 115–79 (SJR 28). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 85–17, Republicans 22–58, Others 8–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 115
- No
- 79
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- May 31, 1858
By party
- Democrats85 yes · 17 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 58 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted no
- Sydenham Moore D-AL voted no
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted no
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted no
- Timothy Davis R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted no
- Anson Burlingame R-MA voted yes
- Timothy Davis R-MA voted yes
- John M. Wood R-ME voted yes
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted no
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted yes
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence D-OH voted no
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted yes
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted yes
- David Ritchie R-PA voted yes
- John Dick R-PA voted yes
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI voted yes
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted yes
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted no
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted yes
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry 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
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy 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
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- George Robbins Robbins 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
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- 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
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- 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
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Wilson R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-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
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- 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
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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