House roll call 283 · 37th Congress · Jun 19, 1862
To pass the purchase of the annals of Congress resolution. Rejected by vote of THS speaker. (p.2820-1)
On Jun 19, 1862, the House voted 70–74. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 66–20, Democrats 5–29, Others 0–26. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 70
- No
- 74
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Jun 19, 1862
By party
- Republicans66 yes · 20 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 29 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 26 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- Albert Smith White R-IN voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted no
- Charles Delano R-MA voted no
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ voted yes
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ voted yes
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY voted yes
- Edward Haight D-NY voted yes
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted no
- Alfred Ely R-NY voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted no
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted no
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- 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
- 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
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling 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
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Albert Smith White 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
- 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
- Charles Delano R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- 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
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
Did not vote
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- 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 McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson 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
- 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
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass the purchase of the annals of…: House Vote, Jun 19, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-283/to-pass-the-purchase-of-the-annals-of-congress (accessed 2026-10-17).