House roll call 185 · 37th Congress · Apr 22, 1862
To amend the instructions concerning H. R. 107 given to the committee of the judiciary, by providing that the said committee propose that all persons engaged in
On Apr 22, 1862, the House voted 33–70 (HR 107). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–46, Others 14–6, Democrats 0–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 33
- No
- 70
- Did not vote
- 96
- Date
- Apr 22, 1862
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 46 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 18 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 6 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- William Mitchell R-IN voted yes
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted yes
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Addison Gurley R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight 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
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Mitchell 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 Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight 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
- Portus Baxter R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John William Noell D-MO
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-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
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-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
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood 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
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace 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
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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