House roll call 269 · 37th Congress · Jun 16, 1862
To amend H. R. 280 (12 stat. 583, app. 7/16/1862), a bill to establish and equalize the grades of officers of the United States navy; which amendment substitute
On Jun 16, 1862, the House voted 67–37 (HR 280). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–34, Democrats 19–2, Others 20–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 67
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 95
- Date
- Jun 16, 1862
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 34 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 2 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others20 yes · 1 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Dwight Loomis R-CT voted yes
- James Edward English D-CT voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- William Joshua Allen D-IL voted no
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- William Mitchell R-IN voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted yes
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted yes
- John Addison Gurley R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted yes
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- John Fox Potter R-WI
Did not vote
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Patton 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
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 280 (12 stat. 583, app…: House Vote, Jun 16, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-269/to-amend-h-r-280-12-stat-583-app (accessed 2026-10-17).