To amend a resolution that all debate in committee of the whole end at 1 p.m. Tuesday on H.R. 338 (12 stat 178, app. 3/2/1861), a bill providing payment of outs

On May 8, 1860, the House voted 62–108 (HR 338). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–83, Democrats 51–1, Others 7–24. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 5 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: 62
No: 108
Did not vote: 74
Date: May 8, 1860

By party

Democrats51 yes · 1 no · 35 didn’t vote
Republicans4 yes · 83 no · 31 didn’t vote
Others7 yes · 24 no · 8 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
Daniel Eton Somes R-ME voted yes
Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted yes
Lansing Stout D-OR voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend a resolution that all debate in…: House Vote, May 8, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-H-144/to-amend-a-resolution-that-all-debate-in-committee (accessed 2026-10-17).