To adjourn, during consideration of the report of the committee of 33 on the state of the union. (p. 1238-1)

On Feb 26, 1861, the House voted 53–112. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 49–45, Democrats 1–43, Others 3–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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: 53
No: 112
Did not vote: 79
Date: Feb 26, 1861

By party

Democrats1 yes · 43 no · 43 didn’t vote
Republicans49 yes · 45 no · 24 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 24 no · 12 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR voted yes
Dwight Loomis R-CT voted no
Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
David Kilgore R-IN voted no
Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
Charles Francis Adams R-MA voted no
Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted no
John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
James Humphrey R-NY voted no
George Briggs R-NY voted no
William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY voted no
Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
Martin Butterfield R-NY voted no
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
Alfred Ely R-NY voted no
Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted no
John Addison Gurley R-OH voted no
Thomas Corwin R-OH voted no
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
William Helmick R-OH voted no
Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH voted no
Edward Wade R-OH voted no
Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted no
John Paul Verree 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
James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA voted no
Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Chapin Hall R-PA voted no
Christopher Robinson R-RI voted no
William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Homer Elihu Royce R-VT 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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