To order the main question on the substitute resolution to H. R. 71, reported by the committee of ways and means, which substitute reduces the amount of direct

On Jul 29, 1861, the House voted 65–67 (HR 71). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 53–28, Democrats 6–27, Others 6–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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: 65
No: 67
Did not vote: 67
Date: Jul 29, 1861

By party

Republicans53 yes · 28 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats6 yes · 27 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 12 no · 19 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA voted no
William Vandever R-IA voted no
Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted no
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted yes
William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Martin Franklin Conway R-KS voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
John Bassett Alley R-MA voted no
Charles Wesley Walton R-ME voted no
Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted no
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted no
George Thomas Cobb D-NJ voted yes
Nehemiah Perry D-NJ voted yes
Edward Henry Smith D-NY voted yes
Moses Fowler Odell D-NY voted yes
William Wall R-NY voted no
Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
Erastus Corning D-NY voted yes
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted no
James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
Luther Hanchett 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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