House roll call 224 · 37th Congress · May 23, 1862
To pass a resolution providing that the usual compensation without mileage from and after the 25th day of july 1861, to and including the 7th day of may 1862, b
On May 23, 1862, the House voted 61–58. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–54, Democrats 26–1, Others 17–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 61
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 80
- Date
- May 23, 1862
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 54 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 1 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 3 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted yes
- Dwight Loomis R-CT voted yes
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- William Mitchell R-IN voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
- Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Henry Grider 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
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano 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
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper 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
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Portus Baxter 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
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks 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
- Aaron Harding 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
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley 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
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
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