To amend H.R. 895 (12 stat 214, app. 3/2/1861), a bill making appropriations for sundry civil expenses for fiscal 1862, by increasing the appropriation for cont

On Jan 11, 1861, the House voted 41–101 (HR 895). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–49, Democrats 9–32, Others 2–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 39 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: 41
No: 101
Did not vote: 102
Date: Jan 11, 1861

By party

Democrats9 yes · 32 no · 46 didn’t vote
Republicans30 yes · 49 no · 39 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 20 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR voted yes
John Chilton Burch D-CA voted yes
John Woodruff R-CT voted yes
Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted yes
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
George Wurtz Hughes D-MD voted yes
John Jasiel Perry R-ME voted yes
Ezra Bartlett French R-ME voted yes
Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
Stephen Coburn R-ME voted yes
Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted yes
Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted yes
Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
Gilman Marston R-NH voted yes
Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted yes
Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted yes
Luther Cullen Carter R-NY voted yes
James Humphrey R-NY voted yes
Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted yes
John Cochrane D-NY voted yes
James Harper Graham R-NY voted yes
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
Lansing Stout D-OR voted yes
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted yes
Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA voted yes
Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted yes
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted yes
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 895 (12 stat 214, app…: House Vote, Jan 11, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-H-340/to-amend-h-r-895-12-stat-214-app (accessed 2026-10-17).