House roll call 261 · 37th Congress · Jun 9, 1862
To pass a resolution providing that the judiciary committee be instructed to report a bill repealing the fugitive slave law approved september 18, 1850. (p.262
On Jun 9, 1862, the House voted 66–51. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–51, Democrats 31–0, Others 20–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 66
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- Jun 9, 1862
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 51 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 0 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others20 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA voted yes
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted yes
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted yes
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted yes
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton 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
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn 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
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield 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
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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