House roll call 518 · 35th Congress · Mar 3, 1859
To suspend rules so as to discharge committee of the whole house from further consideration of S. 120, an act for the relief of david myerle by payment for loss
On Mar 3, 1859, the House voted 114–64 (S 120). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 60–31, Republicans 47–28, Others 7–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 59 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
- 114
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 67
- Date
- Mar 3, 1859
By party
- Democrats60 yes · 31 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Republicans47 yes · 28 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Sims Shorter 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
- Sidney Dean R-CT voted no
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA voted no
- James Jackson D-GA voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- David Kilgore R-IN voted no
- Charles Case R-IN voted no
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
- John Milton Elliott D-KY voted no
- James Brown Clay D-KY voted no
- John Calvin Mason D-KY voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA voted no
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ voted no
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ voted no
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY voted no
- William Fiero Russell D-NY voted no
- John Thompson R-NY voted no
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY voted no
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY voted no
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
- Philemon Bliss R-OH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH voted no
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH voted no
- John Hickman D-PA voted no
- William High Keim R-PA voted no
- John Rufus Edie R-PA voted no
- David Ritchie R-PA voted no
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted no
- John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted no
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI 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
- Ezra Clark Jr. R-CT
- Samuel Arnold D-CT
- William Darius Bishop D-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Charles Drury Hodges D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Robert Smith D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Bradford Foley D-IN
- James Madison Gregg D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- 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
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel 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
- 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
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain D-NJ
- John Huyler D-NJ
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke D-NJ
- George Taylor D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Edward Dodd R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Henry Bennett R-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- John Mason Parker R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Israel Thompson Hatch D-NY
- William Slocum Groesbeck D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols R-OH
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill D-OH
- Aaron Harlan R-OH
- Lawrence Washington Hall D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Joseph Burns D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- James Landy D-PA
- Henry Myer Phillips D-PA
- Henry Chapman D-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
- Allison White D-PA
- John Alexander Ahl D-PA
- Wilson Reilly D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- James Lisle Gillis D-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sidney Dean R-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Brown Clay D-KY
- John Calvin Mason D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp R-MA
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson R-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins R-NJ
- Ambrose Spencer Murray R-NY
- William Fiero Russell D-NY
- John Thompson R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger R-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Philemon Bliss R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter R-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings R-OH
- John Hickman D-PA
- William High Keim R-PA
- John Rufus Edie R-PA
- David Ritchie R-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-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
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Billinghurst R-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Timothy Davis R-IA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- James Hughes D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-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 Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Pike R-NH
- John Alexander Searing D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin D-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Oliver Andrew Morse R-NY
- Samuel George Andrews R-NY
- Judson W. Sherman R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell R-OH
- Richard Mott R-OH
- Joseph Miller D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Lawrence D-OH
- Owen Jones D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William Lewis Dewart D-PA
- John Gallagher Montgomery D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance R-PA
- John Dick R-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Guy Morrison Bryan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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