House roll call 437 · 38th Congress · Dec 12, 1864
To pass H.R. 424, a bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States. (p. 24-1)
On Dec 12, 1864, the House voted 80–64 (HR 424). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 57–16, Democrats 17–34, Others 6–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 80
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Dec 12, 1864
By party
- Republicans57 yes · 16 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 34 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 14 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME voted yes
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI voted yes
- John Guier Scott D-MO voted yes
- Dwight Townsend D-NY voted yes
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Wood D-NY voted yes
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted yes
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- Anson Herrick D-NY voted yes
- William Radford D-NY voted yes
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY voted yes
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- John Ganson D-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- Amos Myers R-PA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- James Sproat Brown D-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis 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
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Alexander Long D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Did not vote
- William Higby R-CA
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- George Middleton D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
- William Gay Brown O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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