To pass H.R. 847 (12 stat 79, 6/22/1860), authorizing a loan of $21,000,000 for the redemption of treasury notes. (p. 3254)

On Jun 22, 1860, the House voted 88–77 (HR 847). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–69, Democrats 56–3, Others 19–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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: 88
No: 77
Did not vote: 72
Date: Jun 22, 1860

By party

Democrats56 yes · 3 no · 28 didn’t vote
Republicans17 yes · 69 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others19 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted yes
William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
Charles Francis Adams R-MA voted yes
Anson Burlingame R-MA voted yes
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
John Jasiel Perry R-ME voted yes
Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted yes
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted yes
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted yes
John Addison Gurley R-OH voted yes
John Carey R-OH voted yes
Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA 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 pass H.R. 847 (12 stat 79, 6/22/1860)…: House Vote, Jun 22, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-H-282/to-pass-h-r-847-12-stat-79-6 (accessed 2026-10-17).