To table a resolution that when the house adjourns on friday next, it do so until tuesday- 1st day of may next, and message be sent to Senate requesting their c

On Apr 16, 1860, the House voted 115–72. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 74–20, Democrats 21–39, Others 20–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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: 115
No: 72
Did not vote: 57
Date: Apr 16, 1860

By party

Democrats21 yes · 39 no · 27 didn’t vote
Republicans74 yes · 20 no · 24 didn’t vote
Others20 yes · 13 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sydenham Moore D-AL voted yes
George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted yes
Peter Early Love D-GA voted yes
Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted yes
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
William Kellogg R-IL voted no
Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
James Wilson R-IN voted no
Charles Case R-IN voted no
Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted yes
Ezra Bartlett French R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted yes
John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
Luther Cullen Carter R-NY voted no
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
William Allen D-OH voted yes
William Howard D-OH voted yes
Thomas Corwin R-OH voted no
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
John Carey R-OH voted no
Charles Drake Martin D-OH voted yes
Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH voted no
James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted no
William Porcher Miles D-SC voted yes
Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted yes
William Waters Boyce D-SC voted yes
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA voted yes
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes
John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To table a resolution that when the house…: House Vote, Apr 16, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-H-128/to-table-a-resolution-that-when-the-house-adjourns (accessed 2026-10-15).