House roll call 515 · 37th Congress · Feb 6, 1863
To pass H. R. 726 (12 stat 88 of priv. Act, app. 3/3/1863), a bill granting a pension to frances h. Plummer. (p.765-1)
On Feb 6, 1863, the House voted 59–51 (HR 726). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 39–27, Democrats 10–13, Others 10–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 59
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 89
- Date
- Feb 6, 1863
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 27 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 13 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 11 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted no
- William Kellogg R-IL voted no
- James Addison Cravens D-IN voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO voted yes
- John William Noell D-MO voted yes
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted no
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
- Benjamin Wood D-NY voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted yes
- Edward Haight D-NY voted yes
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY voted no
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- Richard Franchot R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY voted no
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted no
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted no
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH voted no
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA voted yes
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
- John Covode R-PA voted no
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- 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
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-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
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- 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
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff 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
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-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
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-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
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H. R. 726 (12 stat 88 of priv. Act…: House Vote, Feb 6, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-515/to-pass-h-r-726-12-stat-88-of (accessed 2026-10-17).