House roll call 246 · 36th Congress · Jun 15, 1860
To table S. 84 (12 stat 41, 6/16/1860), a bill to facilitate communication between the atlantic and pacific states by electric telegraph. (p. 3039)
On Jun 15, 1860, the House voted 70–120 (S 84). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–76, Democrats 39–26, Others 15–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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
- 70
- No
- 120
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Jun 15, 1860
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 26 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 76 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 18 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR voted no
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted no
- John Chilton Burch D-CA voted no
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- William Hayden English D-IN voted no
- David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted no
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA voted no
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD voted no
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME voted yes
- William Alanson Howard R-MI voted yes
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
- James Craig D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted no
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- John Cochrane D-NY voted no
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY voted yes
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- William Howard D-OH voted no
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH voted yes
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- John Wood R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson 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
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- 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
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- 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
- James Wilson R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Wood R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter 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 Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- 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
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner 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
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins 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
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane 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
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- John Hickman O-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table S. 84 (12 stat 41, 6/16/1860), a…: House Vote, Jun 15, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-H-246/to-table-s-84-12-stat-41-6-16 (accessed 2026-10-15).