House roll call 154 · 37th Congress · Apr 7, 1862
To amend H. R. 312, by providing that the tax on coal shall not take effect until the expiration of the reciprocity treaty with great britain. (p.1411-3)
On Apr 7, 1862, the House voted 41–86 (HR 312). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 28–51, Democrats 4–23, Others 9–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 32 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
- 41
- No
- 86
- Did not vote
- 72
- Date
- Apr 7, 1862
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 51 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 23 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 12 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
- James Remley Morris D-OH voted yes
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH voted yes
- John Hutchins R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA voted yes
- Charles John Biddle D-PA voted yes
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted yes
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted yes
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted yes
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-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
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-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
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg 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
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- John Hickman R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- 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
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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