House roll call 307 · 35th Congress · Jun 5, 1858
To adjourn, motion being made during consideration of H.R. 348, a bill for relief of edwin m. Chaffee, by granting renwed patent on his orginal invention. (p.
On Jun 5, 1858, the House voted 36–95 (HR 348). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 34–29, Republicans 1–62, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 36
- No
- 95
- Did not vote
- 114
- Date
- Jun 5, 1858
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 29 no · 72 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 62 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted no
- Samuel Arnold D-CT voted no
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL voted no
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- Robert Smith D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- William Hayden English D-IN voted no
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
- John Milton Elliott D-KY voted no
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted no
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN voted no
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN voted no
- James Craig D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
- John Huyler D-NJ voted no
- John Kelly D-NY voted no
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted no
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA voted no
- Wilson Reilly D-PA voted no
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA voted yes
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- 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
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth 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 Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- 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
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson 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 Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-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
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
Did not vote
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Landy D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones 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 Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie 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
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
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