House roll call 409 · 36th Congress · Feb 27, 1861
To pass H.J. RES. 80.
On Feb 27, 1861, the House voted 120–71 (HJR 80). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 38–70, Democrats 49–0, Others 33–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 120
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Feb 27, 1861
By party
- Democrats49 yes · 0 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Republicans38 yes · 70 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others33 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
- Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
- William Alanson Howard R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- James Humphrey R-NY voted yes
- George Briggs R-NY voted yes
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY voted yes
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted yes
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted yes
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Corwin R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- William Helmick R-OH voted yes
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted yes
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted yes
- John Wood R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted yes
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA voted yes
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
- Chapin Hall R-PA voted yes
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes
- Christopher Robinson R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Albert Rust D-AR
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- 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
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-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
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-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
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- 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
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard 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
- 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
- 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
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Christopher Robinson 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
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- 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
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean 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 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
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Carey 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
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Eliakim Persons Walton 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
- 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
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- 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
- 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
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- John Sherman R-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
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.