House roll call 403 · 36th Congress · Feb 27, 1861
To amend H.J. RES. 64, by proposing certain amendments to the constitution of the U.S., which would prohibit slavery in any territory north of latitude 36 degre
On Feb 27, 1861, the House voted 33–158 (HJR 64). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–102, Democrats 19–32, Others 11–24. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 33
- No
- 158
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Feb 27, 1861
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 32 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 102 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 24 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Chilton Burch D-CA voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- William Hayden English D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted yes
- John Cochrane D-NY voted yes
- George Briggs R-NY voted yes
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted yes
- William Howard D-OH voted yes
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted yes
- Lansing Stout D-OR voted yes
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted yes
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- 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
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-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
- 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
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-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
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- Chapin Hall 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
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
Other votes
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