To amend a motion regarding the President's annual message, by providing that so much of the President's message as relates to the present perilous condition of

On Dec 4, 1860, the House voted 145–38. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 63–37, Democrats 49–0, Others 33–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 37 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: 145
No: 38
Did not vote: 61
Date: Dec 4, 1860

By party

Democrats49 yes · 0 no · 38 didn’t vote
Republicans63 yes · 37 no · 18 didn’t vote
Others33 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dwight Loomis R-CT voted no
Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
Charles Case R-IN voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Anson Burlingame R-MA voted no
John Jasiel Perry R-ME voted no
Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted no
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted no
Charles Lewis Beale R-NY voted no
James Bedell Mckean R-NY voted no
Moses Lindley Lee R-NY voted no
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
Alfred Wells R-NY voted no
William Irvine R-NY voted no
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
John Carey R-OH voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted no
Edward Wade R-OH voted no
John Hutchins R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn 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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