House roll call 139 · 37th Congress · Mar 11, 1862
To amend a motion to postpone consideration of H. J. RES. 48 by providing for postponement until thursday next. (p.11681)
On Mar 11, 1862, the House voted 66–67 (HJR 48). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–65, Democrats 29–1, Others 23–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 66
- No
- 67
- Did not vote
- 66
- Date
- Mar 11, 1862
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 65 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 1 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others23 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
- Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted yes
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted yes
- Luther Hanchett R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- 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
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- 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
- 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
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton 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
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-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
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- 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
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Charles Horace Upton 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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