House roll call 268 · 38th Congress · May 20, 1864
That when the house adjourns today, it will meet on monday next. (p. 2384-3)
On May 20, 1864, the House voted 49–50. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–38, Democrats 30–9, Others 9–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 members voted against their own party.
During the 38th Congress (1863–1864), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 49
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 88
- Date
- May 20, 1864
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 38 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Democrats30 yes · 9 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 3 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA voted yes
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI voted no
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted no
- Anson Herrick D-NY voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY voted yes
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Edward Finck D-OH voted no
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Alexander Long D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Did not vote
- William Higby R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- George Middleton D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
- William Gay Brown O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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