To table H. R. 426, a bill to facilitate the transportation of troops and mails from washington to new york. (p.2109-1)

On May 13, 1862, the House voted 76–43 (HR 426). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 43–27, Democrats 23–4, Others 10–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 76
No: 43
Did not vote: 80
Date: May 13, 1862

By party

Republicans43 yes · 27 no · 40 didn’t vote
Democrats23 yes · 4 no · 25 didn’t vote
Others10 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Isaac Newton Arnold 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
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
William Mitchell R-IN voted no
Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
Charles Russell Train R-MA voted no
Charles Delano R-MA voted no
Charles Wesley Walton R-ME voted no
Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted no
Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
Edward Haight D-NY voted no
Stephen Baker R-NY voted no
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY voted no
Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY voted no
Augustus Frank R-NY voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH voted no
William Parker Cutler R-OH voted no
Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted no
Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
William Eckart Lehman D-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT 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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