To table a resolution that when the house adjourns on friday next, it stand adjourned till monday april 30, and that a message be sent to the Senate asking cons

On Apr 20, 1860, the House voted 88–53. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 60–17, Democrats 16–23, Others 12–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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: 88
No: 53
Did not vote: 103
Date: Apr 20, 1860

By party

Democrats16 yes · 23 no · 48 didn’t vote
Republicans60 yes · 17 no · 41 didn’t vote
Others12 yes · 13 no · 14 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
Albert Rust D-AR voted yes
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted yes
John James Jones D-GA voted yes
William Kellogg R-IL voted no
Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
James Wilson R-IN voted no
Charles Case R-IN voted no
Charles Delano R-MA voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted yes
Gilman Marston R-NH voted no
Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted no
Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted no
Luther Cullen Carter R-NY voted no
William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY voted no
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
William Allen 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
Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted no
William Millward R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
William Porcher Miles D-SC voted yes
William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted yes
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes

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 20, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-H-137/to-table-a-resolution-that-when-the-house-adjourns (accessed 2026-10-15).