House roll call 444 · 37th Congress · Jan 26, 1863
To pass the 6th amendment to H. R. 659 (c73-12 stat. 709, app. 3/3/1863), a bill to provide ways and means for the support of the government; which amendment ST
On Jan 26, 1863, the House voted 83–50 (HR 659). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 60–20, Democrats 13–20, Others 10–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 83
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 66
- Date
- Jan 26, 1863
By party
- Republicans60 yes · 20 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 20 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 10 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted yes
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted no
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
- John William Noell D-MO voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted no
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ voted yes
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY voted yes
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY voted yes
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted yes
- Edward Haight D-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted no
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted no
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
- John Hutchins R-OH voted no
- Charles John Biddle D-PA voted yes
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- John Patton R-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
Did not vote
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass the 6th amendment to H. R. 659…: House Vote, Jan 26, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-444/to-pass-the-6th-amendment-to-h-r-659 (accessed 2026-10-17).