House roll call 38 · 36th Congress · Feb 6, 1860
To amend H.R. 1, by providing that interest at the rate of 6% per annum, to commence one month after expiration of the quarter in which the service was rendered
On Feb 6, 1860, the House voted 76–118 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 70–27, Democrats 1–64, Others 5–27. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 76
- No
- 118
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Feb 6, 1860
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 64 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans70 yes · 27 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 27 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dwight Loomis R-CT voted no
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- David Kilgore R-IN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Charles Delano R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME voted no
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- James Harper Graham R-NY voted no
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted no
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted no
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted no
- William Millward R-PA voted no
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA voted no
- John Covode R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Christopher Robinson R-RI voted no
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- James Wilson R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale 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
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Brickly Stokes 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
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Millward R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Mcqueen 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
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson 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
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-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
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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