House roll call 232 · 37th Congress · May 26, 1862
To amend H. R. 472, by substituting that the slaves of all persons in armed rebellion against the U.S., or those aiding the rebel government, shall be made fre
On May 26, 1862, the House voted 16–126 (HR 472). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–67, Democrats 0–36, Others 0–23. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 16
- No
- 126
- Did not vote
- 57
- Date
- May 26, 1862
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 67 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 36 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 23 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted yes
- Dwight Loomis R-CT voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter 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
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
- John Patton R-PA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Samuel Clement Fessenden 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
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- 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
- 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
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker 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
- Burt Van Horn 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
- Carey Allen Trimble R-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
- 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
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair 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
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- 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
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark 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
- Alexander Samuel Diven 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
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- 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 Winfield Wallace R-PA
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
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