To amend the amendment to the report of the select comm., which amendment is to postpone until march 4, consideration of the report of the committee of 33 upon

On Feb 26, 1861, the House voted 56–132. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 54–49, Democrats 0–49, Others 2–34. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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: 56
No: 132
Did not vote: 56
Date: Feb 26, 1861

By party

Democrats0 yes · 49 no · 38 didn’t vote
Republicans54 yes · 49 no · 15 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 34 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dwight Loomis R-CT voted no
John Woodruff R-CT voted no
Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted no
Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
William Kellogg R-IL voted no
William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
David Kilgore R-IN voted no
Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
John Upfold Pettit R-IN voted no
Charles Francis Adams R-MA voted no
Eli Thayer R-MA voted no
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted no
John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted no
John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
Luther Cullen Carter R-NY voted no
James Humphrey R-NY voted no
George Briggs R-NY voted no
William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY voted no
Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY voted no
James Harper Graham R-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
Martin Butterfield R-NY voted no
Alfred Ely R-NY voted no
Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted no
Thomas Corwin R-OH voted no
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
William Helmick R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted no
John Paul Verree R-PA voted no
John Wood R-PA voted no
Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
George Whitfield Scranton R-PA voted no
James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA voted no
Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
William Stewart R-PA voted no
Chapin Hall R-PA voted no
Elijah Babbitt R-PA 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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