To table the appeal as to the decision of the chair regarding the iowa contested election. (p.427-2,3)

On Jan 21, 1863, the House voted 82–36. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 40–31, Democrats 29–2, Others 13–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 33 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: 82
No: 36
Did not vote: 81
Date: Jan 21, 1863

By party

Republicans40 yes · 31 no · 39 didn’t vote
Democrats29 yes · 2 no · 21 didn’t vote
Others13 yes · 3 no · 21 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA voted no
Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted no
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
William Kellogg R-IL voted no
Albert Smith White R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Amasa Walker R-MA voted no
Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME voted no
Samuel Clement Fessenden 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
John William Noell D-MO voted no
William Wall R-NY voted no
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY voted no
Augustus Frank R-NY voted no
Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted no
John Addison Gurley R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
William Parker Cutler R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
William Morris Davis R-PA voted no
Joseph Bailey D-PA voted no
John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted no
Portus Baxter R-VT 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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