House roll call 301 · 37th Congress · Jul 1, 1862
Call of the house, motion made during debate on H. R. 288, a bill to construct a ship canal for the passage of armed and naval vessels from the mississippi rive
On Jul 1, 1862, the House voted 48–85. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–57, Democrats 13–19, Others 10–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 39 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
- 48
- No
- 85
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Jul 1, 1862
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 57 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 19 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 9 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL voted yes
- William Joshua Allen D-IL voted yes
- John Law D-IN voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ voted yes
- Benjamin Wood D-NY voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH voted yes
- John Hutchins R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Charles John Biddle D-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted yes
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted yes
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted yes
- Philip Johnson D-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted yes
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edward English D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Henry Grider 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
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- 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 William Noell D-MO
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- William Wall 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
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Richard Franchot 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
- Alexander Samuel Diven 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
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- John Smith Phelps 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
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
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