House roll call 55 · 36th Congress · Feb 22, 1860
To table a resolution regarding arrangement of benches, chairs and desks in the hall. (p. 856-3)
On Feb 22, 1860, the House voted 87–97. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 38–46, Democrats 38–32, Others 11–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 70 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
- 87
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 60
- Date
- Feb 22, 1860
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 32 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans38 yes · 46 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 19 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- John Chilton Burch D-CA voted no
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Peter Early Love D-GA voted no
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA voted no
- James Jackson D-GA voted no
- John James Jones D-GA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- John Alexander Logan D-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted no
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA voted no
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD voted no
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted yes
- John Richard Barret D-MO voted no
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
- James Craig D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Reuben Davis D-MS voted no
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- James Humphrey R-NY voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY voted yes
- George William Palmer R-NY voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted yes
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- William Howard D-OH voted no
- John Carey R-OH voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
- William Helmick R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH voted yes
- John Hutchins R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted no
- Chapin Hall R-PA voted yes
- Christopher Robinson R-RI voted yes
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted yes
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted no
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC voted no
- James Houston Thomas D-TN voted no
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted no
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- John William Noell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-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
- John Cochrane D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- 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
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- William Pennington R-NJ
- 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
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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