House roll call 317 · 36th Congress · Dec 27, 1860
To order a call of the house. (p. 206-1)
On Dec 27, 1860, the House voted 28–109. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–63, Democrats 16–30, Others 4–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 24 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
- 28
- No
- 109
- Did not vote
- 107
- Date
- Dec 27, 1860
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 30 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 63 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 16 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Clopton D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR voted yes
- John James Jones D-GA voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan D-IL voted yes
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD voted yes
- John Richard Barret D-MO voted yes
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted yes
- George Briggs R-NY voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted yes
- Alfred Wells R-NY voted yes
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- John Carey R-OH voted yes
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- David Clopton D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- John James Jones D-GA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- George Briggs R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse 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 Bullock Clark D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- James Humphrey R-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark 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
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall 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
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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