House roll call 311 · 36th Congress · Dec 18, 1860
To table a resolution that Congress recognizes and upholds slavery. (p. 125-1)
On Dec 18, 1860, the House voted 88–81. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 84–2, Democrats 2–54, Others 2–25. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 4 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
- 81
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Dec 18, 1860
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 54 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans84 yes · 2 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 25 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Briggs R-NY voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton 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
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- James Bedell Mckean 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 Wells R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Green Adams O-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
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- John Schwartz O-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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