To pass a resolution providing that so much of the presidents message as refers to the defenses and fortifications of the great lakes and rivers, be referred to

On Dec 5, 1861, the House voted 75–65. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 50–44, Democrats 21–11, Others 4–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 55 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: 75
No: 65
Did not vote: 59
Date: Dec 5, 1861

By party

Republicans50 yes · 44 no · 16 didn’t vote
Democrats21 yes · 11 no · 20 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 10 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dwight Loomis R-CT voted no
James Edward English D-CT voted no
Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted no
George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted no
William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
Charles Russell Train R-MA voted no
Charles Delano R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted no
Charles Wesley Walton R-ME voted no
Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME voted no
Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted no
John William Noell D-MO voted no
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted no
John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted no
John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
Stephen Baker R-NY voted no
Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted no
Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY voted no
Augustus Frank R-NY voted no
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
William Allen D-OH voted no
Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted no
Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
John Hutchins R-OH voted no
George Knox Shiel D-OR voted no
Charles John Biddle D-PA voted no
John Paul Verree R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
John Hickman R-PA voted no
Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted no
Philip Johnson D-PA voted no
Joseph Bailey D-PA voted no
Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
Jesse Lazear D-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
John Patton R-PA voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To pass a resolution providing that so much…: House Vote, Dec 5, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-58/to-pass-a-resolution-providing-that-so-much-of (accessed 2026-10-16).