That when the house adjourns on saturday, it adjourn to meet on monday, at 3 o'clock in order to allow such members as desire, to be at the navy yard at 12 o'CL

On May 12, 1860, the House voted 90–63. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 46–32, Democrats 30–21, Others 14–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 53 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: 90
No: 63
Did not vote: 91
Date: May 12, 1860

By party

Democrats30 yes · 21 no · 36 didn’t vote
Republicans46 yes · 32 no · 40 didn’t vote
Others14 yes · 10 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted no
John Chilton Burch D-CA voted no
Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
James Jackson D-GA voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
William Emmett Simms D-KY voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
John Bassett Alley R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Charles Delano R-MA voted no
Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
James Humphrey R-NY voted no
John Cochrane D-NY voted no
George William Palmer R-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
Moses Lindley Lee R-NY voted no
Alfred Wells R-NY voted no
William Irvine R-NY voted no
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
William Allen D-OH voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
William Montgomery D-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Christopher Robinson R-RI voted no
John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA voted no
Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted no
John Fox Potter R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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