THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1859. The Clerk having announced, as first in order, the question submitted by Mr. Houston, and which had been informally passed over yesterday, for the purpose of proceeding to a second vote for Speaker, Mr. Houston withdrew the same. The question then recurred on ordering the main question upon the point of order heretofore raised by Mr. Stevens, viz: that it is only competent for the House to proceed with the election of a Speaker or to adjourn. Pending which, After debate. On motion of Mr. John Cochrane, at 5 o'clock and 55 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1859. The Clerk having announced, as first in order, the question on ordering the main question upon the point of order heretofore raised by Mr. Stevens, viz: that it is only competent for the House, at this time, to proceed with the election of Speaker or to adjourn, and pending when the House adjourned yesterday After debate, On motion of Mr. Houston, the roll having been called, and the following named members having failed to answer to their names, viz: Green Adams, John Y. Brown, Albert G. Jenkins, John M. Landrum, Abraham B. Olin, and James A. Stallworth On motion of Mr. Stanton, by unanimous consent, the House proceeded to vote a third time for Speaker; when It appeared that the following named members voted for JOHN SHERMAN, of Ohio, viz: Charles F. Adams, 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, Clark B. Cochrane, Schuyler Colfax, Roscoe Conkling, Thomas Corwin, John Covode, Samuel R. Curtis, Henry L. Dawes, Charles Delano, R. Holland Duell, W. McKee Dunn, Sidney Edgerton, Thomas M. Edwards, Thomas D. Eliot, Alfred Ely, 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, William Helmick, 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, DeWitt C. Leach, M. Lindley Lee, Henry C. Longnecker, Dwight Loomis, Owen Lovejoy, Gilman Marston, James B. McKean, Robert McKnight, Edward McPherson, William Millward, James K. Moorhead, Justin S. Morrill, Edward Joy Morris, Freeman H. Morse, 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, George W. Scranton, Charles B. Sedgwick, Daniel E. Somes, Elbridge G. Spaulding, Francis E. Spinner, Benjamin Stanton, Thaddeus Stevens, William Stewart, John L. N. Stratton, Mason W. Tappan, Eli Thayer, Thomas C. Theaker, Cydnor B. Tompkins, Charles R. Train, Carey A. Trimble, William Vandever, Charles H. Van Wyck, John P. Verree. Edward Wade, Henry Waldron, E. P. Walton, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Ellihu B. Washburne, Israel Washburn, jr., Alfred Wells, James Wilson, William Windom, John Wood, John Woodruff. The following named members voted for THOMAS S. BocoCK, of Virginia, viz: William Allen, Thomas L. Anderson, John D. Ashmore, William T. Avery, William Barksdale. Thomas J. Barr, J. R. Barrett, Milledge L. Bonham, William W. Boyce, Lawrence O'B. Branch, John C. Burch, Henry C. Burnett, John B. Clark, Sherrard Clemens, David Clopton, Williamson R. W. Cobb, John Cochrane, George B. Cooper, Samuel S. Cox, James Craig, Burton Craige, Martin J. Crawford, Jabez L. M. Curry, Thomas G. Davidson, Reuben Davis, Daniel C. De Jarnette, William H. Dimmick, Henry A. Edmundson, William H. English, Thomas B. Florence, Philip B. Fouke, Muscoe R. H. Garnett, Lucius J. Gartrell, Andrew J. Hamilton, John T. Harris, George S. Hawkins, Thomas C. Hindman, William S. Holman, George S. Houston, William Howard, George W. Hughes, James Jackson, Albert G. Jenkins, John J. Jones, Lawrence M. Keitt, Jacob M. Kunkel, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Charles H. Larrabee, Shelton F. Leake, John A. Logan, Peter E. Love, William B. Maclay, Charles D. Martin, Elbert S. Martin, John A. McClernand, John McQueen, John J. McRae, W. Porcher Miles, John S. Millson, William Montgomery, Sydenham Moore, Isaac N. Morris, William E. Niblack, John W. Noell, George H. Pendleton, Samuel O. Peyton, John S. Phelps, Roger A. Pryor, John H. Reagan, James C. Robinson, Thomas Ruffin, Albert Rust, Charles L. Scott, Daniel E. Sickles, William E. Simms, Otho R. Singleton, William Smith, John W. Stevenson, James A. Stewart, Lansing Stout, Miles Taylor, James H. Thomas, John W. H. Underwood, Clement L. Vallandigham, William G. Whiteley, Warren Winslow, Samuel H. Woodson, John V. Wright. The following named members voted for JOHN A. GILMER, of North Carolina, viz: William C. Anderson, Alexander R. Boteler, John E. Bouligny, Reese B. Brabson, George Briggs, Francis M. Bristow, H. Winter Davis, Emerson Etheridge, J. Morrison Harris, Robert Hatton, Joshua Hill, James M. Leach, Robert Mallory, Horace Maynard, Thomas A. R. Nelson, James M. Quarles, William N. H. Smith, William B. Stokes, Zebulon B. Vance, Edwin H. Webster. Mr. Garnett B. Adrain. Mr. John G. Davis, and Mr. John II. Reynolds voted for HORACE F. CLARK, of New York. Mr. Thomas S. Bocock voted for WILLIAM BARKSDALE, of Mississippi. Mr. Horace F. Clark and Mr. Jetur R. Riggs voted for JOHN G. DAVIS, of Indiana. Mr. John A. Gilmer voted for EMERSON ETHERIDGE, of Tennessee. Mr. Thomas Hardeman, jr., and Mr. Laban T. Moore voted for ALEXANDER R. BOTELER, of Virginia. Mr. John B. Haskin voted for JOHN HICKMAN, of Pennsylvania. Mr. John Hickman and Mr. John Schwartz voted for JOHN B. HASKIN, of New York. Mr. James L. Pugh voted for JOHN MCQUEEN, of South Carolina. No having person received a majority of all the votes given, Mr. Winslow moved, at 2 o'clock and 55 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn. Pending which, Mr. Winslow moved that when the House adjourns, it adjourn until Monday next. And the question being put, (Yeas.... It was decided in the negative, Nays... 102 127 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Thomas L. Anderson John D. Ashmore William T. Avery William Barksdale Mr. Lawrence O'B. Branch 臺 Mr Jabez L. M. Curry Thomas G. Davidson Muscoe R. H. Garnett Mr. Charles F. Adams Garnett B. Adrain John B. Alley William C Anderson Mr. Orris S. Ferry So the House refused to adjourn over. James H. Thomas Mr. William Pennington John Schwartz George W. Scranton Thomas C. Theaker Cadwalader C. Washburn John Wood John Woodruff. The question then recurred on the motion to adjourn. It was decided in the negative, {ess .... 107 123 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Thomas L. Anderson John D. Ashmore John C. Burch Henry C. Burnett John B. Clark David Clopton Williamson R. W. Cobb John Cochrane George B. Cooper Daniel C. De Jarnette Muscoe R. H. Garnett - Mr. Lucius J. Gartrell Thomas C. Hindman Mr. Sydenham Moore Isaac N. Morris Daniel E. Sickles Mr. Orris S. Ferry |