House roll call 143 · 36th Congress · May 8, 1860
To postpone consideration of territorial business till thursday and friday next. (p. 1945)
On May 8, 1860, the House voted 133–34. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 86–0, Democrats 25–26, Others 22–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 133
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- May 8, 1860
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 26 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Republicans86 yes · 0 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others22 yes · 8 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- David Clopton D-AL voted yes
- Sydenham Moore D-AL voted yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted yes
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
- John Chilton Burch D-CA voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- William Emmett Simms D-KY voted yes
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD voted yes
- George Byran Cooper D-MI voted yes
- John Richard Barret D-MO voted yes
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- William Howard D-OH voted yes
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH voted yes
- Lansing Stout D-OR voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted yes
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- John Chilton Burch 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
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-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 Russell Train 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
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell 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
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- 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
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
Did not vote
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling 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
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson 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
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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