House roll call 307 · 37th Congress · Jul 2, 1862
To postpone business of the military committee for one half hour. (p.3082-3, p.3083-1)
On Jul 2, 1862, the House voted 71–53. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 53–28, Democrats 11–15, Others 7–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 71
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Jul 2, 1862
By party
- Republicans53 yes · 28 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 15 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 10 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted yes
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted yes
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL voted yes
- William Joshua Allen D-IL voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted no
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted no
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- John William Noell D-MO voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted no
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ voted yes
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted yes
- Edward Haight D-NY voted yes
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted no
- William Parker Cutler R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
- John Covode R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted no
- John Patton R-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-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
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- 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
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
Did not vote
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Mitchell 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
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth 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
- 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
- William Windom R-MN
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton 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
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie 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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