House roll call 33 · 37th Congress · Jul 24, 1861
To pass H. R. 71. (p.252-3)
On Jul 24, 1861, the House voted 70–61. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–53, Democrats 31–3, Others 14–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 70
- No
- 61
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Jul 24, 1861
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 53 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 3 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 5 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted yes
- William Vandever R-IA voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL voted no
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- William Mitchell R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS voted yes
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Erastus Corning D-NY voted no
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY voted yes
- John Addison Gurley R-OH voted yes
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted yes
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- Luther Hanchett R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- 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
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
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
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- 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 Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Patton 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
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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