House roll call 484 · 35th Congress · Feb 25, 1859
To order a call of the house. (p. 1364-1)
On Feb 25, 1859, the House voted 53–117. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 44–39, Republicans 7–69, Others 2–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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
- 53
- No
- 117
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Feb 25, 1859
By party
- Democrats44 yes · 39 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 69 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 9 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted no
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted no
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted no
- William Hayden English D-IN voted no
- James Bradford Foley D-IN voted no
- David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
- James Madison Gregg D-IN voted no
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted no
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted no
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN voted no
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN voted no
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
- James Craig D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted no
- John Huyler D-NJ voted no
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted no
- John Alexander Searing D-NY voted no
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- William Fiero Russell D-NY voted no
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH voted no
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted yes
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA voted no
- John Hickman D-PA voted no
- Paul Leidy D-PA voted no
- Wilson Reilly D-PA voted no
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted no
- David Ritchie R-PA voted yes
- John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted no
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth 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
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Hughes D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- 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
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-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
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin 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
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- John M. Wood R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- 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 DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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