House roll call 571 · 37th Congress · Feb 25, 1863
To amend S. 511 by striking out section 13 thereof, which section concerns substitutes for draftees. (p.1292-1)
On Feb 25, 1863, the House voted 67–87 (S 511). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–63, Democrats 30–8, Others 7–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 67
- No
- 87
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Feb 25, 1863
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 63 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats30 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 16 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted no
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- Albert Smith White R-IN voted yes
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY voted no
- William Wall R-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY voted yes
- Richard Franchot R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted yes
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH voted yes
- John Hutchins R-OH voted yes
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA voted no
- Charles John Biddle D-PA voted no
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted yes
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted no
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted no
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted yes
- Jesse Lazear D-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven 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
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- 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
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain 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
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- William Appleton O-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
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- John Covode 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
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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