House roll call 620 · 37th Congress · Mar 3, 1863
To excuse MR. Johnson from voting on S. 359. (p.1538-2)
On Mar 3, 1863, the House voted 42–71. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–52, Others 8–11, Democrats 9–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 42
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 86
- Date
- Mar 3, 1863
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 52 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 8 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted no
- John Law D-IN voted no
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Porter 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
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME voted yes
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted yes
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Gilman Marston R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Wood D-NY voted no
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH voted no
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted yes
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted yes
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted yes
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted no
- John Covode R-PA voted yes
- John Patton R-PA voted yes
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted yes
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- William Kellogg R-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-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
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Jesse Lazear 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
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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