House roll call 66 · 37th Congress · Dec 18, 1861
To postpone consideration of H. R. 125 (12 stat. 392), a bill to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain, and to provide a bounty for soldiers
On Dec 18, 1861, the House voted 88–50 (HR 125). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 54–36, Democrats 16–12, Others 18–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 48 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
- 88
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Dec 18, 1861
By party
- Republicans54 yes · 36 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 12 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others18 yes · 2 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Vandever R-IA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- John Law D-IN voted no
- James Addison Cravens D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
- William Mitchell R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY voted no
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY voted no
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- John Addison Gurley R-OH voted no
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH voted no
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH voted no
- William Parker Cutler R-OH voted no
- James Remley Morris D-OH voted no
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted no
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
- Jesse Lazear D-PA voted no
- John Patton R-PA voted no
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
- Luther Hanchett R-WI voted no
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- William McKee Dunn R-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
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-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
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Albert Smith White 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
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- 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
From Voteview roll call records.
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