House roll call 605 · 37th Congress · Mar 2, 1863
To excuse MR. Voorhees from voting at this time, motion made during debate on S. 359.
On Mar 2, 1863, the House voted 64–38. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 38–23, Democrats 14–9, Others 12–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 32 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
- 64
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 97
- Date
- Mar 2, 1863
By party
- Republicans38 yes · 23 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 9 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted no
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted no
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- Albert Smith White R-IN voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Amasa Walker R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME voted no
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted no
- William Augustus Hall D-MO voted no
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY voted no
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
- Edward Haight D-NY voted no
- Stephen Baker R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted no
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
- James Remley Morris D-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
- Philip Johnson D-PA voted no
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- 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
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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