To order a call of the house. (p. 790-1)

On Feb 15, 1860, the House voted 122–54. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 45–44, Democrats 55–5, Others 22–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 122
No: 54
Did not vote: 68
Date: Feb 15, 1860

By party

Democrats55 yes · 5 no · 27 didn’t vote
Republicans45 yes · 44 no · 29 didn’t vote
Others22 yes · 5 no · 12 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Dwight Loomis R-CT voted no
Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted no
Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Charles Case R-IN voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Charles Francis Adams R-MA voted no
Anson Burlingame R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted no
James Craig D-MO voted no
Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
Gilman Marston R-NH voted no
James Humphrey R-NY voted no
George Briggs R-NY voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
George William Palmer R-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Moses Lindley Lee R-NY voted no
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
Martin Butterfield R-NY voted no
William Irvine R-NY voted no
Alfred Ely R-NY voted no
Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted no
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
Thomas Corwin R-OH voted no
John Carey R-OH voted no
Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
William Helmick R-OH voted no
Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted no
James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA voted no
Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted no
William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted no
Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Homer Elihu Royce R-VT voted no
Cadwallader Colden Washburn 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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Capitol Receipts, “To order a call of the house. (p. 790-1): House Vote, Feb 15, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-H-49/to-order-a-call-of-the-house-p-790 (accessed 2026-10-17).