House roll call 24 · 37th Congress · Jul 17, 1861
To order the previous question on a resolution to extend the provisions of a resolution appointing a select committee to investigate certain government supply c
On Jul 17, 1861, the House voted 81–42. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–38, Democrats 33–2, Others 15–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 81
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- Jul 17, 1861
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 38 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 2 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 2 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dwight Loomis R-CT voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- William Mitchell R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA voted yes
- Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted yes
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- William Wall R-NY voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted yes
- William Parker Cutler R-OH voted yes
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- James Streshly Jackson 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
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Chilton Allen White 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
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Kellogg R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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