House roll call 552 · 37th Congress · Feb 20, 1863
To table S. 486. (p.1113-3)
On Feb 20, 1863, the House voted 57–89 (S 486). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–73, Democrats 31–3, Others 14–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 57
- No
- 89
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Feb 20, 1863
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 73 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 3 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 13 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- William Mitchell R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- John William Noell D-MO voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Edward Haight D-NY voted no
- Stephen Baker R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted yes
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA voted no
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- 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
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Mitchell 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 Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins 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
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-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
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill 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
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- William Wall R-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-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
- 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
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-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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