House roll call 156 · 37th Congress · Apr 8, 1862
To amend H. R. 312 by providing that any person who shall claim to own the service or labor for life of any person under the laws of any state, shall pay on acc
On Apr 8, 1862, the House voted 51–76 (HR 312). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 51–28, Democrats 0–29, Others 1–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 51
- No
- 76
- Did not vote
- 70
- Date
- Apr 8, 1862
By party
- Republicans51 yes · 28 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 29 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 20 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
- Albert Smith White R-IN voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted no
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted no
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
- Stephen Baker R-NY voted no
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY voted no
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted no
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted no
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH voted no
- John Hutchins R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Frederick Augustus Conkling 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
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton 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
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- John Fox Potter 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
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-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
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano 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
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- 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
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- 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
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
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