House roll call 88 · 37th Congress · Jan 14, 1862
To pass H. R. 161. (p.326-2)
On Jan 14, 1862, the House voted 107–42 (HR 161). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 76–13, Democrats 21–18, Others 10–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 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
- 107
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Jan 14, 1862
By party
- Republicans76 yes · 13 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats21 yes · 18 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 11 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Vandever R-IA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL voted no
- John Alexander Logan D-IL voted no
- John Law D-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY voted no
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Chilton Allen White D-OH voted no
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- James Remley Morris D-OH voted no
- George Knox Shiel D-OR voted no
- Charles John Biddle D-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted no
- Philip Johnson D-PA voted no
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
- Jesse Lazear D-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA 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
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman 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
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-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
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain 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
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-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 Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Socrates Norton Sherman 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
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- 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 Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H. R. 161. (p.326-2): House Vote, Jan 14, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-88/to-pass-h-r-161-p-326-2 (accessed 2026-10-17).