House roll call 509 · 37th Congress · Feb 4, 1863
To commit H. R. 137 (12 stat. 641, app. 2/7/1863), a bill to authorize the raising of a volunteer force for the better defence of kentucky, to the committee of
On Feb 4, 1863, the House voted 25–93 (HR 137). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–52, Others 0–23, Democrats 2–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 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
- 25
- No
- 93
- Did not vote
- 81
- Date
- Feb 4, 1863
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 52 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 18 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 23 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- Amasa Walker R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted yes
- William Parker Cutler R-OH voted yes
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted yes
- John Hutchins R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted yes
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- James Kerrigan O-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
- 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
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-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
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Did not vote
- James Edward English D-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap 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
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-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
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt 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
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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