House roll call 325 · 36th Congress · Jan 2, 1861
To adjourn, during debate on a resolution regarding south carolina. (p. 235-2)
On Jan 2, 1861, the House voted 57–100. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–80, Democrats 39–13, Others 17–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 57
- No
- 100
- Did not vote
- 87
- Date
- Jan 2, 1861
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 13 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 80 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 7 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR voted no
- John Alexander Logan D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- William Howard D-OH voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA voted no
- William Montgomery D-PA voted no
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA voted no
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- George Briggs R-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-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
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Did not vote
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- 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
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
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