House roll call 97 · 36th Congress · Mar 19, 1860
To amend the rules of the house, by striking out the 34th rule which provides that no member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the ho
On Mar 19, 1860, the House voted 80–97. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–70, Democrats 50–16, Others 16–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 80
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 67
- Date
- Mar 19, 1860
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 16 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 70 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 11 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- William Hayden English D-IN voted no
- David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
- James Wilson R-IN voted yes
- Charles Case R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
- William Emmett Simms D-KY voted no
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- William Barksdale D-MS voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY voted yes
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- William Millward R-PA voted yes
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- 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
- William Kellogg R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox 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
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton 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
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-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 Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- John Carey 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
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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