House roll call 70 · 37th Congress · Dec 20, 1861
To table a resolution to instruct the judiciary committee to report a bill for the confiscation of the property of citizens involved in the rebellion against TH
On Dec 20, 1861, the House voted 61–56. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–56, Democrats 26–0, Others 17–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 61
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- Dec 20, 1861
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 56 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 0 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
- Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH voted yes
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted yes
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- 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
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett 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
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- 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
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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