House roll call 548 · 37th Congress · Feb 19, 1863
To table H. J. RES. 115 (c94-12 stat. 828, app. 3/3/1863), a bill authorizing the secretary of the navy to release penalties in certain cases of unfulfilled con
On Feb 19, 1863, the House voted 35–114 (HJR 115). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–69, Democrats 1–31, Others 13–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 35
- No
- 114
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Feb 19, 1863
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 69 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 31 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted yes
- Dwight Loomis R-CT voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- Richard Franchot R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH voted yes
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA voted yes
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- John Patton R-PA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees 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
- 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
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden 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
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-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
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-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
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-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
- 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
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield 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
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- John Hutchins R-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
- Samuel Steel Blair 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
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table H. J. RES. 115 (c94-12 stat. 828…: House Vote, Feb 19, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-548/to-table-h-j-res-115-c94-12-stat (accessed 2026-10-16).