House roll call 572 · 38th Congress · Mar 2, 1865
To amend H.R. 786, by providing that spies and guerrillas now held under sentence shall be delivered to civil authorities to be prosecuted before the courts of
On Mar 2, 1865, the House voted 73–71 (HR 786). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–52, Democrats 47–11, Others 8–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 73
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Mar 2, 1865
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 52 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats47 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT voted yes
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Charles Upson R-MI voted yes
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY voted no
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted no
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY voted no
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Long D-OH voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Edward Finck D-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Philip Johnson D-PA voted no
- Charles Denison D-PA voted no
- William Henry Miller D-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- Hiram Price R-IA
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- George Middleton D-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- 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
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn 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
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Alexander Long D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
Did not vote
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Henry William Harrington 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
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
- William Gay Brown O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Other votes
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