To table an amendment in the form of a substitute for H.J. RES. 80 (12 stat 251, app. 3/2/1861), providing that no amendment shall be made to the constitution w

On Feb 27, 1861, the House voted 68–122 (HJR 80). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 64–42, Democrats 2–47, Others 2–33. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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: 68
No: 122
Did not vote: 54
Date: Feb 27, 1861

By party

Democrats2 yes · 47 no · 38 didn’t vote
Republicans64 yes · 42 no · 12 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 33 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR voted yes
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
John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
Charles Francis Adams R-MA voted no
Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
Charles Russell Train R-MA voted no
Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
Charles Delano R-MA voted no
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
John Thompson Nixon R-NJ 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
Abram Baldwin Olin 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
Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted no
Thomas Corwin R-OH voted no
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
Charles Drake Martin D-OH voted yes
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
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
Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
Chapin Hall R-PA voted no
Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted no
Christopher Robinson R-RI voted no
Justin Smith Morrill 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table an amendment in the form of a…: House Vote, Feb 27, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-H-407/to-table-an-amendment-in-the-form-of-a (accessed 2026-10-17).