House roll call 140 · 36th Congress · Apr 23, 1860
That when the house adjourns, it adjourn until thursday next, so as to have no session on tuesday or wednesday. (p. 1825)
On Apr 23, 1860, the House voted 24–112. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–72, Democrats 17–25, Others 5–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 24
- No
- 112
- Did not vote
- 108
- Date
- Apr 23, 1860
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 25 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 72 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 15 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
- Peter Early Love D-GA voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- George Byran Cooper D-MI voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- John Richard Barret D-MO voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
- John William Noell D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted yes
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted yes
- James Houston Thomas D-TN voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner 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
- William Irvine R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-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
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- William Millward R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Other votes
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