To amend the 6th Senate amendment to H. R. 240 (12 stat. 345, app. 2/25/1862), a bill to authorize the issue of U.S. Notes and the redemption or funding thereo

On Feb 20, 1862, the House voted 67–72 (HR 240). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 46–41, Democrats 15–15, Others 6–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 56 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: 67
No: 72
Did not vote: 60
Date: Feb 20, 1862

By party

Republicans46 yes · 41 no · 23 didn’t vote
Democrats15 yes · 15 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 16 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted no
Dwight Loomis R-CT voted no
James Edward English D-CT voted no
Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted no
James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
John Law D-IN voted no
James Addison Cravens D-IN voted no
William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
Martin Franklin Conway R-KS voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Alexander Hamilton Rice 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
Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
William Augustus Hall D-MO voted no
Elijah Hise Norton D-MO voted no
John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted no
John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
Edward Henry Smith D-NY voted no
Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
Edward Haight D-NY voted no
John Benedict Steele D-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
John Addison Gurley R-OH voted no
Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Warren Perry Noble D-OH voted no
Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH voted no
Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
John Hickman R-PA voted no
Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
John Patton R-PA voted no
Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Portus Baxter R-VT voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the 6th Senate amendment to H. R…: House Vote, Feb 20, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-114/to-amend-the-6th-senate-amendment-to-h-r (accessed 2026-10-17).