House roll call 75 · 36th Congress · Mar 5, 1860
To go into committee of the whole on state of the union.
On Mar 5, 1860, the House voted 61–107. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–60, Democrats 35–26, Others 10–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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
- 61
- No
- 107
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Mar 5, 1860
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 26 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 60 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 21 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- 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
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
- John James Jones D-GA voted no
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted yes
- 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
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME voted yes
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME voted yes
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Alfred Wells R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Corwin R-OH voted yes
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH voted no
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC voted no
- John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA voted no
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson 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
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-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
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore 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
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- 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
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton 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
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens 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
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
Did not vote
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James Jackson D-GA
- William Vandever R-IA
- William Hayden English D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark 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
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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