House roll call 300 · 36th Congress · Dec 11, 1860
That the house agree to excuse MR. Hawkins from serving on the select committee of one from each state appointed under the order of the house to consider that p
On Dec 11, 1860, the House voted 95–101. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 34–64, Democrats 37–24, Others 24–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 58 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
- 95
- No
- 101
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Dec 11, 1860
By party
- Democrats37 yes · 24 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 64 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others24 yes · 13 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- John Chilton Burch D-CA voted no
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted yes
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL voted no
- John Alexander Logan D-IL voted no
- William Hayden English D-IN voted no
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- Charles Case R-IN voted yes
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted yes
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- John Richard Barret D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- John William Noell D-MO voted no
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted no
- John Cochrane D-NY voted no
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY voted yes
- Alfred Wells R-NY voted yes
- William Irvine R-NY voted yes
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- William Howard D-OH voted no
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
- John Carey R-OH voted yes
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted yes
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted yes
- Edward Wade R-OH voted yes
- John Hutchins R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Lansing Stout D-OR voted no
- William Millward R-PA voted yes
- John Wood R-PA voted yes
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA voted no
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted no
- William Stewart R-PA voted yes
- Chapin Hall R-PA voted yes
- William Smith D-VA voted no
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- William Smith D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- James Jackson D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- John Schwartz O-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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