House roll call 39 · 35th Congress · Jan 22, 1858
To adjourn.
On Jan 22, 1858, the House voted 66–69. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–58, Republicans 57–8, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 66
- No
- 69
- Did not vote
- 110
- Date
- Jan 22, 1858
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 58 no · 70 didn’t vote
- Republicans57 yes · 8 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Timothy Davis R-IA voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA voted no
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted no
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted yes
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted yes
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
- Edward Wade R-OH voted no
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH voted no
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes
- William Smith D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin 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 Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- 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
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Charles Ready O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Did not vote
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Aaron Shaw 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
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- Timothy Davis 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
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Owen Jones 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
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.