House roll call 222 · 37th Congress · May 21, 1862
To table S. 237, a bill to remove all disqualifications of color in carrying the mails. (p.2263)
On May 21, 1862, the House voted 82–45 (S 237). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–43, Democrats 33–0, Others 22–2. 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
- 82
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 70
- Date
- May 21, 1862
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 43 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 0 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others22 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- Albert Smith White R-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- William Wall R-NY voted yes
- Richard Franchot R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY voted yes
- Alfred Ely R-NY voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted yes
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
- John Patton R-PA voted yes
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes
- Luther Hanchett R-WI 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 Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson 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
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- 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
- 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
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Patton 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
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-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
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- 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 Morris Davis R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-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
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-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
- Henry May O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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