House roll call 406 · 36th Congress · Feb 27, 1861
To pass H.J. RES. 64.
On Feb 27, 1861, the House voted 137–53 (HJR 64). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 78–30, Democrats 32–18, Others 27–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 48 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
- 137
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Feb 27, 1861
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 18 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Republicans78 yes · 30 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others27 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR voted no
- Albert Rust D-AR voted no
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
- William Vandever R-IA voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- Charles Case R-IN voted no
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS voted no
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Anson Burlingame R-MA voted no
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted no
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD voted no
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME voted no
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
- Alfred Wells R-NY voted no
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
- John Carey R-OH voted no
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
- Edward Wade R-OH voted no
- John Hutchins R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
- James Houston Thomas D-TN voted no
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- William Smith D-VA voted no
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted no
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- 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 McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- James Wilson R-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
- Charles Russell Train 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
- Ezra Bartlett French 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
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps 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
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- George Briggs R-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
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins 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
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- John Covode 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
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- William Vandever R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- 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
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Hickman O-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- 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
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-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
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton 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 Vines Wright D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.