House roll call 69 · 36th Congress · Feb 29, 1860
To adjourn, during debate on H.R. 63. (p. 908-2)
On Feb 29, 1860, the House voted 96–84. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 31–57, Democrats 46–16, Others 19–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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
- 96
- No
- 84
- Did not vote
- 64
- Date
- Feb 29, 1860
By party
- Democrats46 yes · 16 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 57 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others19 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Clopton D-AL voted no
- Sydenham Moore 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
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Charles Case R-IN voted yes
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME voted yes
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME voted yes
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
- Stephen Clark Foster 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
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
- Gilman Marston R-NH voted yes
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted yes
- 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
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted yes
- Martin Butterfield R-NY voted yes
- Alfred Wells R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted yes
- 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
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted yes
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes
- 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
- James Lawrence Pugh 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
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-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
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-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
- Charles Case 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
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster 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
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Cochrane D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles 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
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-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
- 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
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax 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
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-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
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell 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
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Albert Rust D-AR
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- 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
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Stephen Coburn 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
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- 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
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee 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
- 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
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-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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