To table H. R. 387, a bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States, along with the amendment thereto. (p.696-3)

On Feb 3, 1863, the House voted 61–52 (HR 387). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–48, Democrats 18–4, Others 16–5. 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: 61
No: 52
Did not vote: 79
Date: Feb 3, 1863

By party

Republicans29 yes · 48 no · 33 didn’t vote
Democrats18 yes · 4 no · 30 didn’t vote
Others16 yes · 5 no · 16 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dwight Loomis R-CT voted yes
William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
Albert Smith White R-IN voted yes
William Mitchell R-IN voted yes
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
Gilman Marston R-NH voted yes
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted yes
Moses Fowler Odell D-NY voted no
Benjamin Wood D-NY voted no
William Wall R-NY voted yes
Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted yes
Edward Haight D-NY voted no
Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY voted yes
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted yes
Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
William Parker Cutler R-OH voted yes
Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted yes
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
William Eckart Lehman D-PA voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted yes
Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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