To introduce a resolution authorizing the postmaster general to contract for the transportation of mails between n.y. And san francisco via panama. (p. 3290-1)

On Jun 23, 1860, the House voted 61–57. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–45, Democrats 30–3, Others 9–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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: 61
No: 57
Did not vote: 126
Date: Jun 23, 1860

By party

Democrats30 yes · 3 no · 54 didn’t vote
Republicans22 yes · 45 no · 51 didn’t vote
Others9 yes · 9 no · 21 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
John Woodruff R-CT voted yes
John James Jones D-GA voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
Charles Case R-IN voted yes
Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
Charles Francis Adams R-MA voted yes
Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted yes
Gilman Marston R-NH voted yes
Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted yes
John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
James Humphrey R-NY voted yes
George William Palmer R-NY voted yes
Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted yes
Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted yes
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted yes
Augustus Frank R-NY voted yes
George Whitfield Scranton R-PA voted yes
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
Christopher Robinson R-RI voted yes
William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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