House roll call 235 · 37th Congress · May 26, 1862
To amend H. R. 471 (12 stat. 589, app. 7/17/1862), a bill to confiscate the property of rebels for payment of the expenses of the present rebellion; which amend
On May 26, 1862, the House voted 9–140 (HR 471). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–85, Democrats 1–35, Others 5–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 4 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
- 9
- No
- 140
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- May 26, 1862
By party
- Republicans3 yes · 85 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 35 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 20 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Mitchell R-IN voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Jesse Lazear D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- 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
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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 Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark 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
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-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
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-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
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett 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
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- 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
- Henry May O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-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
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- 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
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 471 (12 stat. 589, app…: House Vote, May 26, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-235/to-amend-h-r-471-12-stat-589-app (accessed 2026-10-17).