House roll call 512 · 35th Congress · Mar 2, 1859
To pass H.R. 875, bill relating to transportation of mail by ocean steamer and otherwise. (p. 1533-1)
On Mar 2, 1859, the House voted 66–91 (HR 875). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 60–26, Republicans 4–56, Others 2–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 91
- Did not vote
- 88
- Date
- Mar 2, 1859
By party
- Democrats60 yes · 26 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 56 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 9 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Sydenham Moore D-AL voted no
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
- Henry Cornelius Burnett 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
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- William Alanson Howard R-MI voted yes
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
- James Craig D-MO voted no
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY voted no
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY voted no
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY voted yes
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted yes
- John Hickman D-PA voted no
- Henry Chapman D-PA voted no
- David Ritchie R-PA voted yes
- John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
- John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- William Smith D-VA voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Joseph Chambers Mckibbin D-CA
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Charles Drury Hodges 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
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- William Wallace Phelps D-MN
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- George Taylor 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
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Paul Leidy D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Givan Davis D-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
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Timothy Davis R-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John M. Wood R-ME
- Charles Jervis Gilman R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- David Safford Walbridge R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-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
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-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 Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins 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
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall R-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Nehemiah Abbott R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Michael Cavanaugh D-MN
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers D-MO
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel R-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- Allison White D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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