House roll call 54 · 36th Congress · Feb 22, 1860
To order a call of the house. (p. 843-2)
On Feb 22, 1860, the House voted 115–54. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–50, Democrats 57–2, Others 25–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 115
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Feb 22, 1860
By party
- Democrats57 yes · 2 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 50 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others25 yes · 2 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dwight Loomis R-CT voted yes
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted yes
- William Vandever R-IA voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- David Kilgore R-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- Charles Case R-IN voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME voted yes
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME voted yes
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
- Gilman Marston R-NH voted yes
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- James Humphrey R-NY voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted yes
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted yes
- Alfred Ely R-NY voted yes
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Corwin R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted yes
- John Carey R-OH voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH voted yes
- John Hutchins R-OH voted yes
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted yes
- Christopher Robinson R-RI voted yes
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI voted yes
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA voted no
- William Smith D-VA voted no
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Adams Stallworth D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- David Clopton D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry D-AL
- Thomas Carmichael Hindman D-AR
- John Chilton Burch D-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Peter Early Love D-GA
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D-GA
- John William Henderson Underwood D-GA
- James Jackson D-GA
- John James Jones D-GA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Isaac Newton Morris D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- David Kilgore R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Givan Davis O-IN
- Charles Case R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- William Clayton Anderson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- John Edward Bouligny O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Morgan Landrum D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD
- George Wurtz Hughes D-MD
- Freeman Harlow Morse R-ME
- Stephen Clark Foster R-ME
- George Byran Cooper D-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- John Richard Barret D-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- James Craig D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Reuben Davis D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- John Adams Gilmer O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance O-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain O-NJ
- Jetur Rose Riggs O-NJ
- James Humphrey R-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Barr O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Cochrane D-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- William Howard D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Benjamin Stanton R-OH
- John Carey R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Charles Drake Martin D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins R-OH
- Thomas Clarke Theaker R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- Lansing Stout D-OR
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Schwartz O-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Junkin R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- William Montgomery D-PA
- Christopher Robinson R-RI
- William Daniel Brayton R-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Porcher Miles D-SC
- Milledge Luke Bonham D-SC
- John Durant Ashmore D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson O-TN
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Reese Bowen Brabson O-TN
- William Brickly Stokes O-TN
- Robert Hopkins Hatton O-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- James Minor Quarles O-TN
- William Tecumsah Avery D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton O-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Daniel Coleman De Jarnette O-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake O-VA
- Alexander Robinson Boteler O-VA
- John Thomas Harris O-VA
- Elbert Sevier Martin O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- John Woodruff R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. O-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- James Wilson R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Upfold Pettit R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Charles Francis Adams R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Eli Thayer R-MA
- Israel Washburn Jr. R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Luther Cullen Carter R-NY
- John Bussing Haskin O-NY
- Charles Lewis Beale R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Moses Lindley Lee R-NY
- Martin Butterfield R-NY
- Alfred Wells R-NY
- William Irvine R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Helmick R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Edward Wade R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Edward Joy Morris R-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- Chapin Hall R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Homer Elihu Royce R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Did not vote
- Sydenham Moore D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Charles Lewis Scott D-CA
- William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE
- George Sydney Hawkins D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Joshua Hill O-GA
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Emmett Simms D-KY
- Laban Theodore Moore O-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Anson Burlingame R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Daniel Eton Somes R-ME
- John Jasiel Perry R-ME
- Ezra Bartlett French R-ME
- Stephen Coburn R-ME
- William Alanson Howard R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Thomas Lilbourne Anderson O-MO
- Samuel Hughes Woodson O-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- William Nathan Harrell Smith O-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- James Madison Leach O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Pennington R-NJ
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- George Briggs R-NY
- Horace Francis Clark O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Scheuneman Kenyon R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- John Hazard Reynolds O-NY
- George William Palmer R-NY
- Clark Betton Cochrane R-NY
- James Harper Graham R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Millward R-PA
- John Wood R-PA
- John Hickman O-PA
- Henry Clay Longnecker R-PA
- Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- George Whitfield Scranton R-PA
- William Harrison Dimmick D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Stewart R-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Sherrard Clemens D-VA
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Charles Hathaway Larrabee D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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