To pass a resolution providing that the President of the Senate and the speaker of the house be authorized to close the present session by adjourning their resp

On Jun 19, 1862, the House voted 103–28. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 47–26, Democrats 34–1, Others 22–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 27 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: 103
No: 28
Did not vote: 68
Date: Jun 19, 1862

By party

Republicans47 yes · 26 no · 37 didn’t vote
Democrats34 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
Others22 yes · 1 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA voted no
Dwight Loomis R-CT voted no
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
John Bassett Alley R-MA voted no
John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted no
Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
William Wall R-NY voted no
Elijah Ward D-NY voted no
Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY voted no
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
John Addison Gurley R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
John Hutchins R-OH voted no
Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
John Fox Potter R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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