To table the 15th Senate amendment to H. R. 240, which amendment authorizes the secretary of the treasury to issue, to an amount not exceeding $500,000,000, cou

On Feb 20, 1862, the House voted 21–110 (HR 240). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–68, Democrats 4–26, Others 3–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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: 21
No: 110
Did not vote: 68
Date: Feb 20, 1862

By party

Republicans14 yes · 68 no · 28 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 26 no · 22 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 16 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME voted yes
Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted yes
Elijah Hise Norton D-MO voted yes
Stephen Baker R-NY voted yes
Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted yes
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted yes
Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted yes
George Knox Shiel D-OR voted yes
John Hickman R-PA voted yes
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To table the 15th Senate amendment to H. R…: House Vote, Feb 20, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-117/to-table-the-15th-senate-amendment-to-h-r (accessed 2026-10-16).