House roll call 8 · 37th Congress · Jul 8, 1861
To table the 3 fugitive slave resolutions providing that soldiers are not charged with capturing and returning fugitive slaves; that the judiciary committee be
On Jul 8, 1861, the House voted 87–62. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–62, Democrats 35–0, Others 22–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 87
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Jul 8, 1861
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 62 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats35 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others22 yes · 0 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
- Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted yes
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted yes
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted yes
- Richard Franchot R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- Alfred Ely R-NY voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted yes
- John Hickman R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- John Patton R-PA voted yes
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- 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
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Alfred Ely 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
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- 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
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman 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
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh 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
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle 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
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- 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
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
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Capitol Receipts, “To table the 3 fugitive slave resolutions…: House Vote, Jul 8, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-8/to-table-the-3-fugitive-slave-resolutions-providing-that (accessed 2026-10-17).