To agree to report of committee of conference on H.R. 501. (p. 3199-1,2)

On Jun 20, 1860, the House voted 94–72 (HR 501). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 56–31, Democrats 29–21, Others 9–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 52 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: 94
No: 72
Did not vote: 78
Date: Jun 20, 1860

By party

Democrats29 yes · 21 no · 37 didn’t vote
Republicans56 yes · 31 no · 31 didn’t vote
Others9 yes · 20 no · 10 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Adams Stallworth D-AL voted no
James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
David Clopton D-AL voted no
Sydenham Moore D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted no
Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
John James Jones D-GA voted no
William Vandever R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
David Kilgore R-IN voted no
Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
James Wilson R-IN voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
John Morgan Landrum D-LA voted no
Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
Daniel Eton Somes R-ME voted no
Ezra Bartlett French R-ME voted no
Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted no
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted no
Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY voted no
Charles Lewis Beale R-NY voted no
George William Palmer R-NY voted no
Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
James Harper Graham R-NY voted no
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
William Helmick R-OH voted no
Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
Lansing Stout D-OR voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA voted no
Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted no
James Houston Thomas D-TN voted no
William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
William Smith D-VA 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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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to report of committee of…: House Vote, Jun 20, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-H-278/to-agree-to-report-of-committee-of-conference-on (accessed 2026-10-17).