To postpone until tomorrow the report of the committee of 33 on the state of the union.

On Feb 26, 1861, the House voted 79–102. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 76–26, Democrats 1–45, Others 2–31. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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: 79
No: 102
Did not vote: 63
Date: Feb 26, 1861

By party

Democrats1 yes · 45 no · 41 didn’t vote
Republicans76 yes · 26 no · 16 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 31 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
William Kellogg R-IL voted no
Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
David Kilgore R-IN voted no
Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
Charles Francis Adams R-MA voted no
Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
George Briggs R-NY voted no
Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
John Addison Gurley R-OH voted no
Thomas Corwin R-OH voted no
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
William Helmick R-OH voted no
Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted no
John Wood R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
George Whitfield Scranton R-PA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA voted no
Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
Chapin Hall R-PA 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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