House roll call 365 · 36th Congress · Feb 13, 1861
To adjourn, after counting of votes to determine election of President and vice President for term beginning march 4, 1861. (p. 894-1)
On Feb 13, 1861, the House voted 87–88. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 39–60, Democrats 32–13, Others 16–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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
- 87
- No
- 88
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Feb 13, 1861
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 13 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 60 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 15 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted no
- John Chilton Burch D-CA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- Charles Case R-IN voted yes
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted yes
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
- Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
- Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- John Richard Barret D-MO voted no
- James Craig D-MO voted no
- Gilman Marston R-NH voted yes
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted yes
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted yes
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY voted no
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- John Cochrane D-NY voted no
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY voted yes
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted yes
- James Harper Graham R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted yes
- Martin Butterfield R-NY voted yes
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted yes
- Alfred Ely R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY voted yes
- John Addison Gurley R-OH voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- William Howard D-OH voted no
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted yes
- John Hutchins R-OH voted yes
- Lansing Stout D-OR voted no
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- William Stewart R-PA voted yes
- Chapin Hall R-PA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- James Buffinton 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
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- 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
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox 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 Armor Bingham R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
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
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- 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
- William Vandever R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-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
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- John Wood R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt 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
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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