To dispense with further proceedings under the call of the house, motion made during debate on H. R. 675. (p.580-2)

On Jan 28, 1863, the House voted 45–38 (HR 675). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–25, Democrats 9–8, Others 4–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 33 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: 45
No: 38
Did not vote: 116
Date: Jan 28, 1863

By party

Republicans32 yes · 25 no · 53 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 8 no · 35 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 5 no · 28 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA voted no
Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted no
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
James Addison Cravens D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Albert Smith White R-IN voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME voted no
John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY voted no
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted no
Augustus Frank R-NY voted no
Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
William Allen D-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Chilton Allen White D-OH voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
James Remley Morris D-OH voted no
John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
John Fox Potter R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To dispense with further proceedings under…: House Vote, Jan 28, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-488/to-dispense-with-further-proceedings-under-the-call-of (accessed 2026-10-17).