House roll call 105 · 36th Congress · Mar 28, 1860
To table H.R. 7, a bill to punish and prevent the practice of polygamy in the territories of the U.S. And other places and disapproving and annulling certain ac
On Mar 28, 1860, the House voted 19–148 (HR 7). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–86, Democrats 14–38, Others 5–24. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 36th Congress (1859–1860), James Buchanan was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 148
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Mar 28, 1860
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 38 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 86 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 24 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted yes
- Sydenham Moore D-AL voted yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- George Byran Cooper D-MI voted yes
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS voted yes
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted yes
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted yes
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Montgomery D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
How each representative voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Wood R-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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