House roll call 549 · 37th Congress · Feb 19, 1863
To concur in the Senate amendment to H. R. 591, providing for the legal procedures of indemnification. (p.1056-3)
On Feb 19, 1863, the House voted 47–74 (HR 591). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–56, Others 11–12, Democrats 15–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 47
- No
- 74
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Feb 19, 1863
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 56 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 6 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 12 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- John Law D-IN voted no
- James Addison Cravens D-IN voted no
- William Mitchell R-IN voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ voted no
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY voted no
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Edward Haight D-NY voted no
- Stephen Baker R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted yes
- John Hutchins R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA voted no
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI voted yes
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy 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
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
Did not vote
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- 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
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks 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
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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