To adjourn, during debate on S. 35. (p. 833-1)

On Feb 22, 1860, the House voted 71–97. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–72, Democrats 39–15, Others 17–10. 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: 71
No: 97
Did not vote: 76
Date: Feb 22, 1860

By party

Democrats39 yes · 15 no · 33 didn’t vote
Republicans15 yes · 72 no · 31 didn’t vote
Others17 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Albert Rust D-AR voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
Isaac Newton Morris D-IL voted no
David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
James Wilson R-IN voted yes
Charles Case R-IN voted yes
Eli Thayer R-MA voted yes
George Byran Cooper D-MI voted no
Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
John Bullock Clark D-MO voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
Gilman Marston R-NH voted yes
Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted yes
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
William Allen D-OH voted no
Thomas Corwin R-OH voted yes
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
Lansing Stout D-OR voted no
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
Edward Joy Morris R-PA voted yes
William Millward R-PA voted yes
James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted yes
William Montgomery D-PA voted no
John Durant Ashmore D-SC voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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