House roll call 93 · 37th Congress · Jan 17, 1862
To pass a resolution, as amended, providing that john m. Butler is not entitled to a seat in the 37th Congress as a representative from the 1st congressional di
On Jan 17, 1862, the House voted 77–67. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–67, Democrats 38–0, Others 19–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 77
- No
- 67
- Did not vote
- 55
- Date
- Jan 17, 1862
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 67 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats38 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others19 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
- Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted yes
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- John Addison Gurley R-OH voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH voted yes
- John Hickman R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- 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
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- 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
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-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
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Hickman 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
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- George Washington Julian 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
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin 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
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler 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
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight 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
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding 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
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow 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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