To suspend the rules and consider Senate amendment to H.R. 714, a bill establishing certain post routes. (p. 3302-1,2)

On Jun 25, 1860, the House voted 94–55 (HR 714). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 41–35, Democrats 43–8, Others 10–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 43 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: 94
No: 55
Did not vote: 95
Date: Jun 25, 1860

By party

Democrats43 yes · 8 no · 36 didn’t vote
Republicans41 yes · 35 no · 42 didn’t vote
Others10 yes · 12 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted no
William Vandever R-IA voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
David Kilgore R-IN voted no
Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted no
John Jasiel Perry R-ME voted no
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
Luther Cullen Carter R-NY voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
James Bedell Mckean R-NY voted no
George William Palmer R-NY voted no
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
Martin Butterfield R-NY voted no
Alfred Wells R-NY voted no
Alfred Ely R-NY voted no
Thomas Corwin R-OH voted no
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
Charles Drake Martin D-OH voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
Edward Wade R-OH voted no
John Hutchins R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
John Paul Verree R-PA voted no
Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA voted no
James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted no
William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
John Fox Potter R-WI 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 suspend the rules and consider Senate…: House Vote, Jun 25, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-H-291/to-suspend-the-rules-and-consider-senate-amendment-to (accessed 2026-10-17).