House roll call 60 · 37th Congress · Dec 9, 1861
To adjourn, motion made during debate on an act concerning fugitives from justice and persons escaping from the service of their masters. (p.34-1)
On Dec 9, 1861, the House voted 34–97. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–79, Democrats 19–12, Others 13–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 34
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Dec 9, 1861
By party
- Republicans2 yes · 79 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 12 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 6 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted no
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted no
- John Law D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Benjamin Wood D-NY voted no
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH voted no
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted no
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA voted no
- Philip Johnson D-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Law D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton 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
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell 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
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-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
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
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