House roll call 127 · 37th Congress · Feb 27, 1862
To amend a resolution providing that c. H. Upton is not entitled to a seat in the 37th House Of Representatives from the 7th congressional district of virginia;
On Feb 27, 1862, the House voted 50–73. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–44, Democrats 11–17, Others 10–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 40 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
- 50
- No
- 73
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- Feb 27, 1862
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 44 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 17 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted yes
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted yes
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted yes
- James Addison Cravens D-IN voted yes
- Albert Smith White R-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
- Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted yes
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME voted yes
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted yes
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted yes
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted yes
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO voted yes
- John William Noell D-MO voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY voted yes
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted yes
- Edward Haight D-NY voted yes
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted yes
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- William Parker Cutler R-OH voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA voted yes
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted yes
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted yes
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
- Luther Hanchett R-WI voted yes
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
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 Kellogg R-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
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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