House roll call 215 · 36th Congress · Jun 6, 1860
To pass H.J. RES. 43, (12 stat 250, 2/21/1861), giving the assent of Congress to certain acts passed or to be passed by the legislature of arkansas, louisiana a
On Jun 6, 1860, the House voted 85–77 (HJR 43). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 8–69, Democrats 51–4, Others 28–4. 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
- 85
- No
- 77
- Did not vote
- 80
- Date
- Jun 6, 1860
By party
- Democrats51 yes · 4 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 69 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Others28 yes · 4 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- John James Jones D-GA voted no
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted no
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted no
- George Briggs R-NY voted yes
- John Addison Gurley R-OH voted yes
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA 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
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Peter Early Love 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
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-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
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- John Schwartz O-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- 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
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- John Woodruff R-CT
- John James Jones D-GA
- William Vandever R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- 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
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee 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
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
Did not vote
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Pennington R-NJ
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H.J. RES. 43, (12 stat 250…: House Vote, Jun 6, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-H-215/to-pass-h-j-res-43-12-stat-250 (accessed 2026-10-17).