House roll call 131 · 36th Congress · Apr 16, 1860
To adjourn, during debate on a motion for a recess while chairs and benches are rearranged. (p. 1743)
On Apr 16, 1860, the House voted 73–91. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 61–23, Democrats 7–45, Others 5–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 73
- No
- 91
- Did not vote
- 80
- Date
- Apr 16, 1860
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 45 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Republicans61 yes · 23 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston 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
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted no
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted no
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY voted no
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- William Howard D-OH voted yes
- 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
- William Millward 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
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Smith Houston 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
- 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
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- George William Palmer 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
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker 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
- John Covode R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry 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
- Philip Bond Fouke D-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
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- 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
- 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
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-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
- 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
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- 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
Did not vote
- David Clopton 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
- 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
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel 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
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck 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
- William Allen D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock 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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