To amend an amendment to H.R. 972 (12 stat 129, app. 2/9/1861), a bill to authorize the President to borrow a sum to be used in payment of current demands on TH

On Feb 2, 1861, the House voted 126–42 (HR 972). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 74–22, Democrats 31–15, Others 21–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 37 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: 126
No: 42
Did not vote: 76
Date: Feb 2, 1861

By party

Democrats31 yes · 15 no · 41 didn’t vote
Republicans74 yes · 22 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others21 yes · 5 no · 13 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR voted no
Dwight Loomis R-CT voted no
John Woodruff R-CT voted no
Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
Philip Bond Fouke D-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
William Hayden English D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
David Kilgore R-IN voted no
Martin Franklin Conway R-KS voted no
George Wurtz Hughes D-MD voted no
John Jasiel Perry R-ME voted no
Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted no
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
John Richard Barret D-MO voted no
James Craig D-MO voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY voted no
Charles Lewis Beale R-NY voted no
Martin Butterfield R-NY voted no
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
Alfred Wells R-NY voted no
William Irvine R-NY voted no
Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted no
John Addison Gurley R-OH voted no
William Allen D-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
William Howard D-OH voted no
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted no
Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted no
William Daniel Brayton R-RI 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 an amendment to H.R. 972 (12 stat…: House Vote, Feb 2, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-H-353/to-amend-an-amendment-to-h-r-972-12 (accessed 2026-10-17).