To concur in a Senate amendment to S. 84 (12 stat 41, app. 6/16/1860), a bill to provide a pacific telegraph, which amendment restored the clause naming contrac

On Jun 15, 1860, the House voted 83–104 (S 84). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 60–35, Democrats 15–46, Others 8–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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: 83
No: 104
Did not vote: 57
Date: Jun 15, 1860

By party

Democrats15 yes · 46 no · 26 didn’t vote
Republicans60 yes · 35 no · 23 didn’t vote
Others8 yes · 23 no · 8 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR voted yes
Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
John Chilton Burch D-CA voted yes
Dwight Loomis R-CT voted no
Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted no
Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted yes
Peter Early Love D-GA voted yes
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
Philip Bond Fouke D-IL voted yes
William Hayden English D-IN voted yes
David Kilgore R-IN voted no
Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
James Wilson R-IN voted no
John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted yes
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
John Bullock Clark D-MO voted yes
James Craig D-MO voted yes
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted no
James Humphrey R-NY voted no
Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted yes
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
John Cochrane D-NY voted yes
William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY voted no
Charles Lewis Beale R-NY voted no
Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH voted no
Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted no
Edward Wade R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
John Paul Verree R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Homer Elihu Royce R-VT 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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