House roll call 202 · 37th Congress · May 6, 1862
To amend a resolution that t. F. Low is not entitled to a seat in this house as a representative from the state of california in the 37th Congress, by substitut
On May 6, 1862, the House voted 49–69. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 32–35, Democrats 14–14, Others 3–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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
- 49
- No
- 69
- Did not vote
- 81
- Date
- May 6, 1862
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 35 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 14 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 20 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted yes
- James Edward English D-CT voted no
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- John Law D-IN voted no
- James Addison Cravens D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted yes
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME voted yes
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted yes
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted yes
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ voted no
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY voted no
- John Benedict Steele D-NY voted no
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted yes
- Erastus Corning D-NY voted no
- Richard Franchot R-NY voted yes
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY voted yes
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted yes
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH voted no
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted yes
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- 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
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-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
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- William Mitchell R-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
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- 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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