House roll call 173 · 37th Congress · Apr 15, 1862
To table H. R. 226 (12 stat. 765, app. 3/3/1863), a bill to amend an act to establish a court for the investigation of claims against the United States. (p.167
On Apr 15, 1862, the House voted 40–83 (HR 226). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 31–47, Democrats 4–21, Others 5–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 35 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
- 40
- No
- 83
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- Apr 15, 1862
By party
- Republicans31 yes · 47 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 21 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Albert Smith White R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- William Augustus Hall D-MO voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Richard Franchot R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY voted yes
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted yes
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
- John Hutchins R-OH voted yes
- John Paul Verree R-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
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing 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
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Tracy Hale 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
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold 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
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- 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
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-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
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table H. R. 226 (12 stat. 765, app…: House Vote, Apr 15, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-173/to-table-h-r-226-12-stat-765-app (accessed 2026-10-16).