House roll call 227 · 37th Congress · May 26, 1862
To amend H. R. 471 (12 stat. 589, app. 7/17/1862), a bill to confiscate the property of rebels for payment of the expenses of present rebellion; by substituting
On May 26, 1862, the House voted 25–122 (HR 471). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–67, Democrats 1–34, Others 5–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 25
- No
- 122
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- May 26, 1862
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 67 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 34 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 21 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- William Mitchell R-IN voted yes
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted yes
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Edward Haight D-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- 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
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton 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
- 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
- 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 Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Elijah Ward 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
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- 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
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
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
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees 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
- Henry May O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- 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
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 471 (12 stat. 589, app…: House Vote, May 26, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-227/to-amend-h-r-471-12-stat-589-app (accessed 2026-10-17).