House roll call 508 · 37th Congress · Feb 4, 1863
To table H. R. 714, a bill to construct a ship canal between the mississippi river and lake michigan and to enlarge the erie and oswego canels. (p.718-3)
On Feb 4, 1863, the House voted 55–80 (HR 714). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–62, Democrats 20–14, Others 14–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 55
- No
- 80
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- Feb 4, 1863
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 62 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 14 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 7 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted no
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL voted no
- William Joshua Allen D-IL voted no
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO voted no
- John William Noell D-MO voted no
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY voted no
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY voted no
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted no
- Edward Haight D-NY voted no
- Erastus Corning D-NY voted no
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted yes
- William Parker Cutler R-OH voted yes
- Sidney Edgerton 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
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted yes
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted no
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- 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 Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
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
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey 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
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden 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
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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