House roll call 203 · 37th Congress · May 6, 1862
To pass H. R. 364 (12 stat. 489, app. 7/1/1862), a bill to aid in constructing a railroad and telegraph line from the missouri river to the pacific ocean and to
On May 6, 1862, the House voted 79–49 (HR 364). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 57–18, Democrats 13–18, Others 10–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 79
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- May 6, 1862
By party
- Republicans57 yes · 18 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 18 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 14 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
- Albert Smith White R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- William Augustus Hall D-MO voted yes
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO voted yes
- John William Noell D-MO voted yes
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted yes
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY voted yes
- Edward Haight D-NY voted yes
- John Benedict Steele D-NY voted yes
- Stephen Baker R-NY voted no
- Erastus Corning D-NY voted yes
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY voted no
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA voted yes
- Charles John Biddle D-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted no
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill 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
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- 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
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- 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
- William Appleton O-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- 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
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- 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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