House roll call 355 · 36th Congress · Feb 2, 1861
To pass H.R. 972. (p. 691-2, 712-1,2, 715-1)
On Feb 2, 1861, the House voted 125–46 (HR 972). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 97–1, Democrats 18–30, Others 10–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 125
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 73
- Date
- Feb 2, 1861
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 30 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Republicans97 yes · 1 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 15 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted yes
- John Chilton Burch D-CA voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- William Hayden English D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD voted yes
- James Craig D-MO voted yes
- John William Noell D-MO voted yes
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- Lansing Stout D-OR voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA voted yes
- William Montgomery D-PA voted yes
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Charles Francis Adams 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-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
- James Craig D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Wood 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
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- 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
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
Did not vote
- 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
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- 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
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- 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
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- 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
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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