House roll call 229 · 37th Congress · May 26, 1862
To amend H. R. 472, a bill to free from servitude, the slaves of rebels engaged in or abetting the existing rebellion against the government of the U.S.; which
On May 26, 1862, the House voted 52–95 (HR 472). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 47–39, Democrats 0–36, Others 5–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 52
- No
- 95
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- May 26, 1862
By party
- Republicans47 yes · 39 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 36 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 20 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted no
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME voted no
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- William Wall R-NY voted no
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY voted no
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY voted no
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted no
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted no
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
- William Parker Cutler R-OH voted no
- John Hutchins R-OH voted no
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted no
- John Hickman R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted no
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
- Luther Hanchett R-WI voted no
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley 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
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-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
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley 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
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- 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
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-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
- John Hutchins R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- William Mitchell R-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
- John William Menzies 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
- John William Reid D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Smith 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
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Alfred Ely 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
- 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
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 472, a bill to free from…: House Vote, May 26, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-229/to-amend-h-r-472-a-bill-to-free (accessed 2026-10-17).