To amend H.R. 701, providing for a pacific railroad, by changing the route to start from two points, one from the western border of missouri and one from the we

On Feb 14, 1861, the House voted 95–62 (HR 701). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 64–25, Democrats 21–19, Others 10–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 44 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: 95
No: 62
Did not vote: 87
Date: Feb 14, 1861

By party

Democrats21 yes · 19 no · 47 didn’t vote
Republicans64 yes · 25 no · 29 didn’t vote
Others10 yes · 18 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR voted no
Charles Lewis Scott D-CA voted no
John Chilton Burch D-CA voted no
Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted no
Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
William Vandever R-IA voted no
William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
James Wilson R-IN voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
Charles Delano R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted no
Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted no
John Richard Barret D-MO voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
Gilman Marston R-NH voted no
Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted no
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY voted no
William Irvine R-NY voted no
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
William Allen D-OH voted no
Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
John Wood R-PA voted no
Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA voted no
George Whitfield Scranton R-PA voted no
James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
William Montgomery D-PA voted no
William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted no
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock 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
Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-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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