House roll call 522 · 37th Congress · Feb 9, 1863
To pass H. R. 718. (p.830-3)
On Feb 9, 1863, the House voted 60–72 (HR 718). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 50–36, Democrats 8–20, Others 5–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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
- 60
- No
- 72
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Feb 9, 1863
By party
- Republicans50 yes · 36 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 20 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted yes
- William Joshua Allen D-IL voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
- William Mitchell R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- John William Noell D-MO voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted yes
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY voted yes
- Edward Haight D-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted no
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
- William Parker Cutler R-OH voted no
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted no
- John Hutchins R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- John Hickman R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
- John Covode R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
- John Patton R-PA voted no
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin 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
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton 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
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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