House roll call 156 · 36th Congress · May 12, 1860
That the house resolve itself into the committee of the whole on the state of the union and proceed to the consideration of the calendar on the territorial busi
On May 12, 1860, the House voted 91–74. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–72, Democrats 55–1, Others 25–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 91
- No
- 74
- Did not vote
- 79
- Date
- May 12, 1860
By party
- Democrats55 yes · 1 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 72 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others25 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
- Charles Case R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD voted no
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted yes
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- George Briggs R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- James Humphrey R-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Carey R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake 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
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- John James Jones D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- 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
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
Other votes
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