To adopt the conference report on S. 10 (12 stat 246, 3/2/1861), a bill amending the parent laws.

On Mar 2, 1861, the House voted 103–54 (S 10). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 58–37, Democrats 24–13, Others 21–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 50 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: 103
No: 54
Did not vote: 87
Date: Mar 2, 1861

By party

Democrats24 yes · 13 no · 50 didn’t vote
Republicans58 yes · 37 no · 23 didn’t vote
Others21 yes · 4 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dwight Loomis R-CT voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
Philip Bond Fouke D-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Martin Franklin Conway R-KS voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Charles Russell Train R-MA voted no
George Wurtz Hughes D-MD voted no
John Jasiel Perry R-ME voted no
Stephen Coburn R-ME voted no
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
John William Noell D-MO voted no
Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
Charles Lewis Beale R-NY voted no
Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
James Harper Graham R-NY voted no
Moses Lindley Lee R-NY voted no
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
Martin Butterfield R-NY voted no
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
Alfred Wells R-NY voted no
William Irvine R-NY voted no
Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY voted no
Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted no
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
John Carey R-OH voted no
Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
William Helmick R-OH voted no
John Hutchins R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA voted no
Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
James Houston Thomas D-TN voted no
William Tecumsah Avery D-TN voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-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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Capitol Receipts, “To adopt the conference report on S. 10 (12…: House Vote, Mar 2, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-H-432/to-adopt-the-conference-report-on-s-10-12 (accessed 2026-10-17).