House roll call 130 · 36th Congress · Apr 16, 1860
To table a motion to recess from friday next to may 1 while chairs and benches are being rearranged. (p. 1742,1743)
On Apr 16, 1860, the House voted 79–88. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 57–23, Democrats 11–44, Others 11–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 79
- No
- 88
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Apr 16, 1860
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 44 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Republicans57 yes · 23 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 21 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- John James Jones D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- 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
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted no
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY voted no
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Corwin R-OH voted no
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH voted no
- William Millward R-PA voted no
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA voted no
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Robert Mcknight 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 Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted yes
- John Singleton Millson 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
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- John James Jones D-GA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-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
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- David Clopton D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Carey R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Wood R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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