House roll call 602 · 37th Congress · Mar 2, 1863
To amend S. 509, a bill to provide for the organization of a signal corps to serve during the present war; which amendment adds that the pay of the privates of
On Mar 2, 1863, the House voted 84–46 (S 509). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 41–32, Democrats 28–6, Others 15–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 84
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Mar 2, 1863
By party
- Republicans41 yes · 32 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 6 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA voted no
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted no
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- William Augustus Hall D-MO voted no
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted no
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY voted no
- William Wall R-NY voted no
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
- Stephen Baker R-NY voted no
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- Richard Franchot R-NY voted no
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY voted no
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY voted no
- Alfred Ely R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted no
- William Parker Cutler R-OH voted no
- Charles John Biddle D-PA voted no
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted no
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted no
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- 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
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble 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
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
Did not vote
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- 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
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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