House roll call 483 · 35th Congress · Feb 24, 1859
To pass H.R. 872, bill relating to post office appropriat-ions. (p. 914-2)
On Feb 24, 1859, the House voted 86–119 (HR 872). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 75–32, Republicans 3–79, Others 8–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 86
- No
- 119
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Feb 24, 1859
By party
- Democrats75 yes · 32 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 79 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 8 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted no
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted no
- James Ferguson Dowdell 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
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
- Timothy Davis R-IA voted yes
- James Hughes D-IN voted no
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted no
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted no
- Richard Mott R-OH voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted no
- Owen Jones D-PA voted no
- John Hickman D-PA voted no
- Henry Chapman D-PA voted no
- Paul Leidy D-PA voted no
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA voted no
- William Montgomery D-PA voted no
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps 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
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- James Landy D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-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
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell 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
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-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
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson 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
- 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
- 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
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Letcher 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
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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