House roll call 60 · 36th Congress · Feb 24, 1860
To order a call of the house, during debate on elections of a printer. (p. 877-2)
On Feb 24, 1860, the House voted 93–88. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 7–81, Democrats 58–4, Others 28–3. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 11 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
- 93
- No
- 88
- Did not vote
- 63
- Date
- Feb 24, 1860
By party
- Democrats58 yes · 4 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 81 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others28 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- John Carey R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- 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
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- John Schwartz O-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- 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 Houston Thomas D-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
- 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
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-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
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Albert Rust D-AR
- John Woodruff R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- William Vandever R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- William Pennington R-NJ
- George Briggs R-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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