Mr. Stephen C. Foster Andrew J. Hamilton Charles B. Hoard Mr. Dwight Loomis Mr. John Schwartz Thomas C. Theaker Cadwalader C. Washburn Alfred Wells Mr. John McQueen John J. McRae James H. Thomas The question then recurring on the motion of Mr. Phelps, When Mr. Phelps moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and, under the operation thereof, the first branch of the said motion was agreed to. The second and remaining branch was then read, as follows, viz: Strike out "SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That interest, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, to commence one month after the expiration of the quarter in which the service was rendered, to the date of the approval of this act, shall be paid on all sums found due to the contractors for carrying the mail; and that a sum sufficient to pay the same be, and is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? Yeas. ... 76 118 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Charles L. Beale John F Farnsworth Mr. Ezra B. French Mr. John S. Phelps Elbridge G. Spaulding Cadwalader C. Washburn Mr. John B. Haskin Robert Hatton George S Hawkins Thomas C. Hindman William S Holinin George S. Houston George W. Hughes Thomas S. Bocock Williamson R. W. Cobb Reuben Davis Andrew J. Hamilton Benjamin F. Junkin David Kilgore John M. Landrum Mr. John J. McRae John S. Millson Thomas A. R. Nelson George H. Pendleton Samuel O. Peyton Mr. Albert G. Porter William N. H. Smith Mr. James A. Stewart John V. Wright. So the second branch was disagreed to. Mr. Florence moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered. Mr. Reagan moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which motion was agreed to. Under the further operation of the previous question the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. The question being then on its passage, Mr. Phelps moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was passed. Mr. Phelps moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. A message in writing was received from the President of the United States by James Buchanan, jr., his private secretary; which was handed in at the Speaker's table. A message from the Senate by Mr. Dickins, their secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have adopted a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee, to join such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives, to wait on the President of the United States, and inform him that a quorum of each house has assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make; and have appointed Mr. Slidell, Mr. Foot, and Mr. Thomson the said committee on the part of the Senate. Mr. Sherman moved that the House proceed to vote viva voce in the election of a Doorkeeper. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Whiteley, Ordered, That there be a call of the House. The roll having been called, the following named members failed to answer to their names, viz: Mr. William C. Anderson, Mr. Lawrence O'B. Branch, Mr. John Y. Brown, Mr. Clark B. Cochrane, Mr. Thomas D. Eliot, Mr. William H. English, Mr. Jacob M. Kunkel, Mr. James M. Leach, Mr. Peter E. Love, Mr. Charles D. Martin, Mr. Edward McPherson, Mr. Abra ham B. Olin, Mr. James L. Pugh, Mr. William E. Simms, Mr. James A. Stallworth, Mr. John W. Stevenson, Mr. John L. N. Stratton, Mr. Eli Thayer, Mr. John W. H. Underwood, Mr. Clement L. Vallandigham, Mr. Henry Waldron, Mr. William Windom, Mr. John Wood, and Mr. Samuel H. Woodson. And then, On motion of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, all further proceedings in the call were dispensed with. The question then recurring on the motion of Mr. Sherman, Mr. Sherman moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said motion was agreed to. And thereupon, And the Speaker having appointed Mr. Riggs, Mr. Tappan, Mr. Maynard, and Mr. Hamilton tellers, The House proceeded to vote viva voce for a Doorkeeper. When The following named members voted for GEORGE MARSTON, viz: Charles F. Adams, Garnett B. Adrain, Cyrus Aldrich, John B. Alley, James M. Ashley, Elijah Babbitt, Charles L. Beale, John A. Bingham, Samuel S. Blair, Harrison G. Blake, William D. Brayton, James Buffinton, Anson Burlingame, Alfred A. Burnham, Silas M. Burroughs, Martin Butterfield, James H. Campbell, John Carey, Luther C. Carter, Charles Case, Schuyler Colfax, Roscoe Conkling, Thomas Corwin, John Covode, Samuel R. Curtis, H. Winter Davis, Henry L. Dawes, Charles Delano, R. Holland Duell, W. McKee Dunn, Sidney Edgerton, Thomas M. Edwards, Alfred Ely, Emerson Etheridge, John F. Farnsworth, Reuben E. Fenton, Orris S. Ferry, Stephen C. Foster, Augustus Frank, Ezra B. French, Daniel W. Gooch, James H. Graham, Galusha A. Grow, John A. Gurley, James T. Hale, Chapin Hall, John B. Haskin, William Helmick, John Hickman, Charles B. Hoard, James Humphrey, John Hutchins, William Irvine, Benjamin F. Junkin, Francis W. Kellogg, William Kellogg, William S. Kenyon, David Kilgore, John W. Killinger, De Witt C. Leach, M. Lindley Lee, Henry C. Longnecker, Dwight Loomis, Owen Lovejoy, Gilman Marston, James B. McKean, Robert McKnight, William Millward, James K. Moorhead, Justin S. Morrill, Edward Joy Morris, Freeman H. Morse, Thomas A. R. Nelson, John T. Nixon, George W. Palmer, William Pennington, John J. Perry, John U. Pettit, Albert G. Porter, John F. Potter, Emory B. Pottle, Alexander H. Rice, Christopher Robinson, Homer E. Royce, John Schwartz, George W. Scranton, Charles B. Sedgwick, John Sherman, Daniel E. Somes, Elbridge G. Spaulding, Francis E. Spinner, Benjamin Stanton, Thaddeus Stevens, William Stewart, William B. Stokes, Mason W. Tappan, Thomas C. Theaker, Cydnor B. Tompkins, Charles R. Train, Carey A. Trimble, William Vandever, Charles H. Van Wyck, John P. Verree, Edward Wade, E. P. Walton, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Ellihu B. Washburne, Israel Washburn, jr., Alfred Wells, John Woodruff. The following named members voted for JOSEPH L. WRIGHT, viz: William Allen, John D. Ashmore, William Barksdale, Thomas S. Bocock, Milledge L. Bonham, John E. Bouligny, William W. Boyce, John C. Burch, Henry C. Burnett, Sherrard Clemens, David Clopton, Williamson R. W. Cobb, George B. Cooper, Samuel S. Cox, Burton Craige, Martin J. Crawford, Daniel C. De Jarnette, William H. Dimmick, Henry A. Edmundson, Thomas B. Florence, Muscoe R. H. Garnett, Lucius J. Gartreil, John T. Harris. George S. Hawkins, William S. Holman, George S. Houston, William Howard, George W. Hughes, James Jackson, Albert G. Jenkins, John J. Jones, Lawrence M. Keitt, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, John M. Landrum, Charles H. Larrabee, Shelton F. Leake, Charles D. Martin, Elbert S. Martin, John McQueen, John J. McRae, W. Porcher Miles, John S. Millson, William Montgomery, Sydenham Moore, William E. Niblack, George H. Pendleton, John S. Phelps, Roger A. Pryor, John H. Reagan, Jetur R. Riggs, James C. Robinson, Albert Rust, Otho R. Singleton, William Smith, James A. Stewart, Miles Taylor, James H. Thomas. The following named members voted for A. H. MARKLAND, viz: Thomas L. Anderson, William T. Avery, J. R. Barrett, Alexander R. Boteler, John B. Clark, James Craig, Reuben Davis, Philip B. Fouke, Thomas C. Hindman, John A. Logan, Robert Mallory, John W. Noell, Samuel O. Peyton, Thomas Ruffin, Lansing Stout, William G. Whiteley, John V. Wright. The following named members voted for ANDREW J. LARNER, viz: Green Adams, Reese B. Brabson, Francis M. Bristow, Thomas Hardeman, jr., Robert Hatton, Joshua Hill, Horace Maynard, Laban T. Moore, James M. Quarles, William N. H. Smith, Zebulon B. Vance, Edwin H. Webster. The following named members voted for ALEXANDER WARD, viz: Thomas J. Barr, George Briggs, Horace F. Clark, John Cochrane, Jabez M. L. Curry, Andrew J. Hamilton, William B. Maclay, John A. McClernand, Isaac N. Morris, Charles L. Scott, Daniel E. Sickles, Warren Winslow. Recapitulation of the vote for Doorkeeper. |