House roll call 68 · 36th Congress · Feb 29, 1860
To adjourn, during debate on H.R. 63. (p. 908)
On Feb 29, 1860, the House voted 81–99. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 28–59, Democrats 38–26, Others 15–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 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
- 81
- No
- 99
- Did not vote
- 64
- Date
- Feb 29, 1860
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 26 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 59 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- David Clopton D-AL voted no
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL voted no
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD voted no
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME voted yes
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted yes
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- William Barksdale D-MS voted no
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
- Gilman Marston R-NH voted yes
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted yes
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted no
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- George Briggs R-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted yes
- Martin Butterfield R-NY voted yes
- Alfred Wells R-NY voted yes
- Alfred Ely R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted yes
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Thomas Corwin R-OH voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- William Porcher Miles D-SC voted no
- John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- 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
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-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
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton 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
- William Millward R-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- John Weinland Killinger 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
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
Did not vote
- Albert Rust D-AR
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard 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 Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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