To table a resolution to adjourn until the first monday in january next. (p.167-3)

On Dec 22, 1862, the House voted 39–76. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 36–29, Democrats 0–29, Others 3–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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: 39
No: 76
Did not vote: 84
Date: Dec 22, 1862

By party

Republicans36 yes · 29 no · 45 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 29 no · 23 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 18 no · 16 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
Albert Smith White R-IN voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted no
John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
Stephen Baker R-NY voted no
Richard Franchot R-NY voted no
Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
Alfred Ely R-NY voted no
Augustus Frank R-NY voted no
Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted no
Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted no
William Parker Cutler R-OH voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
William Morris Davis R-PA voted no
James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
John Patton R-PA voted no
John Fox Potter R-WI voted no
Andrew Scott Sloan 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table a resolution to adjourn until the…: House Vote, Dec 22, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-399/to-table-a-resolution-to-adjourn-until-the-first (accessed 2026-10-14).