House roll call 399 · 36th Congress · Feb 26, 1861
To adjourn.
On Feb 26, 1861, the House voted 55–85. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 51–23, Democrats 1–34, Others 3–28. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 55
- No
- 85
- Did not vote
- 104
- Date
- Feb 26, 1861
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 34 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Republicans51 yes · 23 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 28 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Kellogg R-IL 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
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA voted no
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted no
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY voted no
- George Briggs R-NY voted no
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted no
- Thomas Corwin R-OH voted no
- William Helmick 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
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA voted no
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
- Chapin Hall R-PA voted no
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Hickman O-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Albert Rust D-AR
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- William Kellogg R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- 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
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- William Millward R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt 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
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.