To order the main question on the engrossment and third reading of H. R. 357 (12 stat. 664, app. 2/24/1863), a bill to provide a temporary government for the te

On Mar 24, 1862, the House voted 56–75 (HR 357). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 55–26, Democrats 0–31, Others 1–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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: 56
No: 75
Did not vote: 67
Date: Mar 24, 1862

By party

Republicans55 yes · 26 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 31 no · 21 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 19 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
John Bassett Alley R-MA voted no
Charles Delano R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted no
Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted no
John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted no
Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
Richard Franchot R-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted no
John Paul Verree R-PA voted no
James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
Eliakim Persons Walton 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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