House roll call 95 · 36th Congress · Mar 19, 1860
To amend the rules of the house to exclude ex-members of the house, who are not prosecuting claims personally or as agents before Congress, from admittance with
On Mar 19, 1860, the House voted 89–89. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 48–36, Democrats 24–43, Others 17–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 60 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
- 89
- No
- 89
- Did not vote
- 66
- Date
- Mar 19, 1860
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 43 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans48 yes · 36 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
- Dwight Loomis R-CT voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA voted yes
- James Jackson D-GA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- John Alexander Logan D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- William Hayden English D-IN voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
- James Wilson R-IN voted no
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted yes
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted yes
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD voted yes
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
- John Richard Barret D-MO voted yes
- John Bullock Clark D-MO voted yes
- James Craig D-MO voted yes
- John William Noell D-MO voted yes
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY voted no
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
- Alfred Wells R-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- John Addison Gurley R-OH voted no
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted yes
- William Howard D-OH voted yes
- John Carey R-OH voted no
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
- John Hutchins R-OH voted no
- Lansing Stout D-OR voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted no
- John Wood R-PA voted no
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
- William Stewart R-PA voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- William Vandever R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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