To concur in an amendment of the Senate to H.R. 866, enabling the supt. Of public printing to carry into effect the provisions of the joint resolution in relati

On Feb 5, 1861, the House voted 88–67 (HR 866). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 54–30, Democrats 19–23, Others 15–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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: 67
Did not vote: 89
Date: Feb 5, 1861

By party

Democrats19 yes · 23 no · 45 didn’t vote
Republicans54 yes · 30 no · 34 didn’t vote
Others15 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
Dwight Loomis R-CT voted no
Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted yes
William Vandever R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
Philip Bond Fouke D-IL voted yes
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
David Kilgore R-IN voted no
John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
George Wurtz Hughes D-MD voted yes
John Jasiel Perry R-ME voted no
Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
John Richard Barret D-MO voted yes
James Craig D-MO voted yes
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
Warren Winslow D-NC voted yes
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted yes
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
John Cochrane D-NY voted yes
Charles Lewis Beale R-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY voted no
Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted yes
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
John Carey R-OH voted no
Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
Edward Wade R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA voted no
Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA voted yes
James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
William Harrison Dimmick D-PA voted yes
William Montgomery D-PA voted yes
Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted no
John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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