House roll call 405 · 36th Congress · Feb 27, 1861
To table H.J. RES. 64.
On Feb 27, 1861, the House voted 66–124 (HJR 64). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 45–64, Democrats 18–31, Others 3–29. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 63 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
- 66
- No
- 124
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Feb 27, 1861
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 31 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Republicans45 yes · 64 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 29 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR voted yes
- Albert Rust D-AR voted yes
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted yes
- William Vandever R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Charles Case R-IN voted yes
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS voted yes
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Anson Burlingame R-MA voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted yes
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD voted yes
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted yes
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted yes
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted yes
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY voted yes
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted yes
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted yes
- Martin Butterfield R-NY voted yes
- Alfred Wells R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- John Addison Gurley R-OH voted yes
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- John Carey R-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted yes
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted yes
- Edward Wade R-OH voted yes
- John Hutchins R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- James Houston Thomas D-TN voted yes
- John Vines Wright D-TN voted yes
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted yes
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted yes
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA voted yes
- William Smith D-VA voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Wilson R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- John Sherman 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
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- 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 McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- 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
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey 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
- 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
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-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
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- 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 Minor Quarles O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce 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
- 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 Kellogg R-IL
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps 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
- William Pennington R-NJ
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- William Millward R-PA
- John Schwartz O-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
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.