House roll call 157 · 37th Congress · Apr 8, 1862
To pass H. R. 312. (p.1577-2)
On Apr 8, 1862, the House voted 126–15 (HR 312). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 84–1, Democrats 22–12, Others 20–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 126
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 57
- Date
- Apr 8, 1862
By party
- Republicans84 yes · 1 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 12 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others20 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted no
- John Law D-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO voted no
- Benjamin Wood D-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Chilton Allen White D-OH voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- George Knox Shiel D-OR voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding 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
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- 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
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Kellogg 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
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- 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 Wall R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-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
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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