House roll call 62 · 37th Congress · Dec 11, 1861
To table a resolution providing that the President be respectfully requested to direct general halleck, to recall his order prohibiting negroes from coming with
On Dec 11, 1861, the House voted 78–64. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–64, Democrats 35–0, Others 22–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 78
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 57
- Date
- Dec 11, 1861
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 64 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats35 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others22 yes · 0 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted yes
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH voted yes
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- Luther Hanchett R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe 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 Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen 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
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Sidney Rollins O-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
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
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