House roll call 385 · 37th Congress · Dec 15, 1862
To pass H. J. RES. 113, a resolution authorizing the secretary of the navy to dispatch armed vessels of the U.S., to convoy any ships which may be sent to carr
On Dec 15, 1862, the House voted 46–71 (HJR 113). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 34–34, Democrats 4–26, Others 8–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 46
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- Dec 15, 1862
By party
- Republicans34 yes · 34 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 26 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA voted no
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- James Addison Cravens D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
- Albert Smith White R-IN voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Amasa Walker R-MA voted no
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted no
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME voted no
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- John William Noell D-MO voted yes
- William Wall R-NY voted no
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted yes
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY voted no
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY voted no
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted no
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted no
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
- John Hutchins R-OH voted no
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted no
- John Hickman R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- John William Noell D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
Did not vote
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen 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
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- 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
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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