House roll call 559 · 37th Congress · Feb 21, 1863
To pass S. 492. (p.1167-3)
On Feb 21, 1863, the House voted 73–55 (S 492). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 47–34, Democrats 13–14, Others 13–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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
- 73
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- Feb 21, 1863
By party
- Republicans47 yes · 34 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 14 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 7 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- James Addison Cravens D-IN voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted no
- Charles Delano R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted no
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME voted no
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO voted yes
- Gilman Marston R-NH voted no
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ voted yes
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY voted yes
- Edward Haight D-NY voted yes
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY voted no
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY voted no
- Richard Franchot R-NY voted no
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted no
- John Hutchins R-OH voted no
- Charles John Biddle D-PA voted yes
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted no
- John Hickman R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
- Jesse Lazear D-PA voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI voted no
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-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
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- James Streshly Jackson 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
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John William Reid 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
- 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
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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