House roll call 50 · 35th Congress · Feb 5, 1858
To adjourn house over weekend and meet monday feb. 8, 1858, (so as to terminate debate on President's message recommend-ing admission of kansas as a state into
On Feb 5, 1858, the House voted 82–120. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 75–32, Republicans 0–84, Others 7–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 82
- No
- 120
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Feb 5, 1858
By party
- Democrats75 yes · 32 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 84 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR voted no
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- Thomas Langrell Harris 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
- James Madison Gregg D-IN voted no
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted no
- James Craig D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted no
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted no
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH voted no
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted no
- Owen Jones D-PA voted no
- John Hickman D-PA voted no
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA voted no
- Wilson Reilly D-PA voted no
- William Montgomery D-PA voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter 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
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- James Hughes D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris 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
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell 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 Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- 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
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Bussing Haskin D-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
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell 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
- 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
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Thomas Stanley Bocock 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
Did not vote
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- William Smith D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
Other votes
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