House roll call 581 · 37th Congress · Feb 26, 1863
To amend S. 515 by adding that the President appoint no one except for meritorious service in the field. (p.1309-2)
On Feb 26, 1863, the House voted 91–41 (S 515). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 42–39, Democrats 26–0, Others 23–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 39 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
- 91
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 67
- Date
- Feb 26, 1863
By party
- Republicans42 yes · 39 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 0 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others23 yes · 2 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted no
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME voted no
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted no
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted no
- William Wall R-NY voted no
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
- Stephen Baker R-NY voted no
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
- Alfred Ely R-NY voted no
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted no
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted no
- Albert Gallatin Riddle 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
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted no
- John Hickman R-PA voted no
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax 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
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-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
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Did not vote
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- 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
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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