House roll call 521 · 37th Congress · Feb 9, 1863
To pass an amendment as a substitute to H. R. 718. (p.830-3
On Feb 9, 1863, the House voted 71–57 (HR 718). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 37–45, Democrats 18–9, Others 17–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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
- 71
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Feb 9, 1863
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 45 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 9 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 4 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Anthony Lausett Knapp 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
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks 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 Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY voted no
- William Wall R-NY voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted no
- Edward Haight D-NY voted no
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Richard Franchot R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton 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
- 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 Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- John Hickman R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted yes
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted yes
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted yes
- John Covode R-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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Henry May 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
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- 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
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair 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
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp 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
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton 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
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-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
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow 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
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
Other votes
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