House roll call 557 · 38th Congress · Feb 28, 1865
To amend H.R. 772, 3/2/1865, a bill to provide ways and means for the support of the govt; which amendment proposes to issue bonds not exceeding *6000000,000, i
On Feb 28, 1865, the House voted 48–97 (HR 772). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–63, Democrats 33–17, Others 5–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 48
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Feb 28, 1865
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 63 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 17 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 17 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted no
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- John Todd Stuart D-IL voted no
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- James Cameron Allen D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- John Guier Scott D-MO voted no
- Daniel Marcy D-NH voted no
- George Middleton D-NJ voted no
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY voted no
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY voted no
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Long D-OH voted no
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH voted no
- William Edward Finck D-OH voted no
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH voted no
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA voted no
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
- Jesse Lazear D-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
- William Gay Brown O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-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
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- George Middleton D-NJ
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield 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
- 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
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Alexander Long D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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