House roll call 65 · 36th Congress · Feb 28, 1860
That MR. Noel be excused from voting on the amendment to H.R. 63, on the ground that he was not allowed to express his opinion or debate thereon as the previous
On Feb 28, 1860, the House voted 58–108 (HR 63). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–56, Democrats 16–38, Others 17–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 41 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
- 58
- No
- 108
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Feb 28, 1860
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 38 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 56 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 14 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
- John Woodruff R-CT voted yes
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted yes
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted yes
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA voted yes
- William Vandever R-IA voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan D-IL voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
- George Byran Cooper D-MI voted yes
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
- John Richard Barret D-MO voted yes
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted yes
- Gilman Marston R-NH voted yes
- James Humphrey R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY voted yes
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH voted yes
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted yes
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
- William Stewart R-PA voted yes
- Chapin Hall R-PA voted yes
- Christopher Robinson R-RI voted yes
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted yes
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC voted yes
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- William Vandever R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- 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 Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth 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
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- 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
- James Jackson D-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- John Cochrane D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- 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
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- David Kilgore 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
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter 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
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- William Millward R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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