House roll call 523 · 37th Congress · Feb 9, 1863
To table the motion to reconsider the vote by which H. R. 718 was rejected. (p.831-1)
On Feb 9, 1863, the House voted 68–51 (HR 718). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–41, Democrats 18–7, Others 17–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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
- 68
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 80
- Date
- Feb 9, 1863
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 41 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 7 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 3 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted no
- William Joshua Allen D-IL voted no
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- William Mitchell R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- John William Noell D-MO voted no
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY voted no
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted no
- Edward Haight D-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted yes
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
- William Parker Cutler R-OH voted yes
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- John Hickman R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted yes
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
- John Patton R-PA voted yes
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-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 Armor Bingham R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent 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
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton 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
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-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
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- Joseph Eggleston Segar 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
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- 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
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-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
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry May 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
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-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
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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