House roll call 109 · 37th Congress · Feb 12, 1862
To amend H. R. 154 by eliminating the section which provides that no part of this appropriation be used in payment or liquidation of any sum due on any existing
On Feb 12, 1862, the House voted 52–68 (HR 154). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 42–34, Democrats 5–19, Others 5–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 52
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 79
- Date
- Feb 12, 1862
By party
- Republicans42 yes · 34 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 19 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- William Mitchell R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted no
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted no
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME voted no
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted no
- John William Noell D-MO voted yes
- Gilman Marston R-NH voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted yes
- Edward Haight D-NY voted yes
- Stephen Baker R-NY voted no
- Erastus Corning D-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- Alfred Ely R-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- John Addison Gurley R-OH voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
- William Parker Cutler R-OH voted no
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted no
- John Hickman R-PA voted no
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted no
- John Patton R-PA voted no
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John William Noell D-MO
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Wall R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle 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
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton 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
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall 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
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-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
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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