House roll call 107 · 37th Congress · Feb 11, 1862
To amend the virginia election resolution regarding the seating of joseph segar from the 1st congressional district of virginia; which amendment provides that s
On Feb 11, 1862, the House voted 40–85. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–67, Democrats 13–13, Others 16–6. 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
- 40
- No
- 85
- Did not vote
- 72
- Date
- Feb 11, 1862
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 67 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 6 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted no
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Benjamin Wood D-NY voted no
- John Benedict Steele D-NY voted no
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Chilton Allen White D-OH voted no
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH voted yes
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Philip Johnson D-PA voted no
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- Jesse Lazear D-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-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
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt 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
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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