House roll call 433 · 36th Congress · Mar 2, 1861
To adjourn.
On Mar 2, 1861, the House voted 40–116. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–84, Democrats 18–18, Others 10–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 40
- No
- 116
- Did not vote
- 88
- Date
- Mar 2, 1861
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 18 no · 51 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 84 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 14 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL voted no
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
- William Hayden English D-IN voted no
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY voted no
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD voted no
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME voted yes
- John William Noell D-MO voted no
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
- John Cochrane D-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Alfred Ely R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY voted yes
- William Howard D-OH voted no
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH voted no
- Lansing Stout D-OR voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted yes
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA voted no
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John William Noell D-MO
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane 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
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- 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
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
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- 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
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- David Kilgore R-IN
- James Wilson R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-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
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- William Pennington R-NJ
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Millward R-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- William Montgomery D-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
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.