House roll call 141 · 36th Congress · May 8, 1860
To table H.R. 240 (12 stat 32, app. 6/22/1860), a bill for the relief of cassius m. Clay for property destroyed in mexico and for reimbursement of the amount of
On May 8, 1860, the House voted 36–100 (HR 240). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–73, Democrats 29–9, Others 7–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 36
- No
- 100
- Did not vote
- 108
- Date
- May 8, 1860
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 9 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 73 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 18 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted no
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- John Richard Barret D-MO voted no
- James Craig D-MO voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh 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
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- David Clopton 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
- William Kellogg R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John William Noell D-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
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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