House roll call 104 · 37th Congress · Feb 6, 1862
To amend H. R. 240 (12 stat. 345), a bill to authorize the issue of U.S. Notes, and for the redemption or funding there of, and for funding the floating debt o
On Feb 6, 1862, the House voted 55–95 (HR 240). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–78, Democrats 24–7, Others 13–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 members voted against their own party.
During the 37th Congress (1861–1862), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 55
- No
- 95
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Feb 6, 1862
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 78 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 10 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted no
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted yes
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY voted no
- Edward Haight D-NY voted no
- John Benedict Steele D-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted no
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edward English D-CT
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Wall R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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