House roll call 113 · 37th Congress · Feb 19, 1862
To table H. R. 286 (12 stat. 343, app. 2/20/1862), a bill to make an appropriation to defray the expenses of illumination. (p.878-2)
On Feb 19, 1862, the House voted 42–86 (HR 286). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 31–49, Democrats 7–22, Others 4–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 38 members voted against their own party.
During the 37th Congress (1861–1862), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 42
- No
- 86
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- Feb 19, 1862
By party
- Republicans31 yes · 49 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 22 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dwight Loomis R-CT voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Albert Smith White R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME voted yes
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- John William Noell D-MO voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Baker R-NY voted yes
- Erastus Corning D-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY voted yes
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY voted yes
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted yes
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted yes
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
- William Parker Cutler R-OH voted yes
- John Hutchins R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- George Knox Shiel D-OR voted yes
- John Hickman R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John William Noell D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Grider O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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