House roll call 64 · 37th Congress · Dec 16, 1861
To pass a house joint resolution providing for the adjournment of the house for christmas holidays. (p.109-1)
On Dec 16, 1861, the House voted 60–56. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 41–33, Democrats 10–16, Others 9–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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
- 60
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 83
- Date
- Dec 16, 1861
By party
- Republicans41 yes · 33 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 16 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Vandever R-IA voted no
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper 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
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted no
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY voted yes
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
- Edward Haight D-NY voted yes
- Stephen Baker R-NY voted no
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted no
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY voted no
- Burt Van Horn R-NY voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted no
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
- John Hutchins R-OH voted no
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA voted yes
- William Morris Davis R-PA voted no
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted yes
- Philip Johnson D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted yes
- Jesse Lazear D-PA voted yes
- John Patton R-PA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward English D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-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
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- 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
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- 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 Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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