To table a resolution providing that the select committee on the subject of gradual emancipation and colonization, be authorized to employ a clerk. (p.1743-2)

On Apr 21, 1862, the House voted 68–28. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 31–24, Democrats 22–1, Others 15–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 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: 68
No: 28
Did not vote: 103
Date: Apr 21, 1862

By party

Republicans31 yes · 24 no · 55 didn’t vote
Democrats22 yes · 1 no · 29 didn’t vote
Others15 yes · 3 no · 19 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted no
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
Albert Smith White R-IN voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted no
Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME voted no
Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted no
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
Stephen Baker R-NY voted no
William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
William Parker Cutler R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
William Eckart Lehman D-PA voted no
Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted no
John Fox Potter R-WI voted no

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 a resolution providing that the…: House Vote, Apr 21, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-178/to-table-a-resolution-providing-that-the-select-committee (accessed 2026-10-16).