House roll call 204 · 37th Congress · May 6, 1862
To amend a resolution providing that the committee on elections, to whom was referred the credentials of j. Segar, claiming a seat in the 37th house of represen
On May 6, 1862, the House voted 71–47. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–42, Democrats 24–4, Others 22–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 71
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 81
- Date
- May 6, 1862
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 42 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 4 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others22 yes · 1 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted yes
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted yes
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ voted no
- John Benedict Steele D-NY voted no
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- John Addison Gurley R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted yes
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax 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
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Charles Russell Train 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
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-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
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
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
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- 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
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell 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
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham 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
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Other votes
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