House roll call 8 · 38th Congress · Dec 8, 1863
To elect a doorkeeper of the House Of Representatives, i. Goodnow, coded 1, v.s. F. Mccloskey, coded 2. Other candidates include r. Wilson, coded5, w. Murphy,
On Dec 8, 1863, the House voted 99–11. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 79–0, Democrats 31–23, Others 19–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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
- 99
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Dec 8, 1863
By party
- Republicans79 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 23 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others19 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted no
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL voted no
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- William Joshua Allen D-IL voted no
- John Guier Scott D-MO voted no
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ voted no
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ voted no
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY voted no
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted no
- William Radford D-NY voted no
- John Ganson D-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Chilton Allen White D-OH voted no
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH voted no
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- 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
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- 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
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice 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
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- George Middleton D-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Benedict Steele 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
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Alexander Long D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield 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 Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-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
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
- William Gay Brown O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward English D-CT
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
Voted present
- John Law D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
Did not vote
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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