House roll call 76 · 36th Congress · Mar 5, 1860
To suspend rules and consider a resolution that the unappropriated balance remaining of the appropriation made mar. 3, 1854, for repairing works and piers and s
On Mar 5, 1860, the House voted 35–118. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–54, Democrats 12–43, Others 3–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 32 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
- 35
- No
- 118
- Did not vote
- 91
- Date
- Mar 5, 1860
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 43 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 54 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 21 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
- John Chilton Burch D-CA voted yes
- John Woodruff R-CT voted yes
- Peter Early Love D-GA 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
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan D-IL voted yes
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- James Craig D-MO voted yes
- John Cochrane D-NY voted yes
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- Alfred Wells R-NY voted yes
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Corwin R-OH voted yes
- Lansing Stout D-OR voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- James Wilson R-IN
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Craig D-MO
- John Cochrane D-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford 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
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Robert Mallory 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
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark 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
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- James Humphrey R-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling 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
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey 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
- 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
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Horace Francis Clark 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
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Howard D-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
- John Hickman O-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
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- 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
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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