House roll call 336 · 36th Congress · Jan 9, 1861
To refer to a special committee the President's message, to report whether any executive officer has made agreements regarding surrender of any forts or public
On Jan 9, 1861, the House voted 133–62. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 103–0, Democrats 15–44, Others 15–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 133
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Jan 9, 1861
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 44 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans103 yes · 0 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 18 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Chilton Burch D-CA voted yes
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan D-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- John William Noell D-MO voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- John Cochrane D-NY voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- William Howard D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted yes
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted yes
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry 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
- William Kellogg R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- 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
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- 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
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John William Noell D-MO
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- 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
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale 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
- 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
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-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
- William Millward R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair 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
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- David Clopton D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- 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
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- 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
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Charles Case R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. 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
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- John Weinland Killinger 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
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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