House roll call 445 · 37th Congress · Jan 26, 1863
To pass a substitute for H. R. 659. (p.522-1)
On Jan 26, 1863, the House voted 37–91 (HR 659). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–58, Democrats 10–17, Others 6–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 31 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
- 37
- No
- 91
- Did not vote
- 71
- Date
- Jan 26, 1863
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 58 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 17 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 16 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA voted yes
- James Addison Cravens D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted yes
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- Chilton Allen White D-OH voted yes
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted yes
- James Remley Morris D-OH voted yes
- John Hutchins R-OH voted yes
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted yes
- John Hickman R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- Jesse Lazear D-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
- John Patton R-PA voted yes
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing 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
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley 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
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- James Streshly Jackson 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
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- 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
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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