House roll call 184 · 36th Congress · May 24, 1860
To amend S. 84 (12 stat 41, app. 6/16/1860), a bill to facilitate communication between the atlantic and pacific states by telegraph, by eliminating from the bi
On May 24, 1860, the House voted 93–82 (S 84). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–63, Democrats 49–12, Others 20–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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
- 93
- No
- 82
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- May 24, 1860
By party
- Democrats49 yes · 12 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 63 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others20 yes · 7 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted no
- John Chilton Burch D-CA voted no
- Dwight Loomis R-CT voted yes
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted no
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- William Alanson Howard R-MI voted yes
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted yes
- John Richard Barret D-MO voted no
- James Craig D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- John William Noell D-MO voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY voted yes
- James Harper Graham R-NY voted yes
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted yes
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted yes
- William Howard D-OH voted no
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH voted no
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH voted yes
- Lansing Stout D-OR voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted yes
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry 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
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- 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
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-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
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-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 Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Howard D-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
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- John Fox Potter R-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- William Vandever R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 84 (12 stat 41, app. 6/16/1860)…: House Vote, May 24, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-H-184/to-amend-s-84-12-stat-41-app-6 (accessed 2026-10-17).