House roll call 510 · 35th Congress · Mar 2, 1859
To suspend rules so as to discharge committee of the whole on the state of the union from further consideration of S. 321, an act to make appropriation to deepe
On Mar 2, 1859, the House voted 119–48 (S 321). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 35–47, Republicans 76–0, Others 8–1. 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
- 119
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Mar 2, 1859
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 47 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Republicans76 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted yes
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA voted yes
- Samuel Arnold D-CT voted yes
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted yes
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL voted yes
- Robert Smith D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- James Madison Gregg D-IN voted yes
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted yes
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted yes
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN voted yes
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN voted yes
- James Craig D-MO voted yes
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ voted yes
- John Cochrane D-NY voted yes
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted yes
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted yes
- William Fiero Russell D-NY voted yes
- Erastus Corning D-NY voted yes
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Burns D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- Owen Jones D-PA voted yes
- Henry Chapman D-PA voted yes
- Paul Leidy D-PA voted yes
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA voted yes
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted yes
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-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
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-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
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Nehemiah Abbott 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
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson 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
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-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
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Owen Jones 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 Alexander Ahl D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- 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
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Did not vote
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Huyler D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Bennett 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
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard 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
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
Other votes
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