House roll call 75 · 37th Congress · Dec 23, 1861
To adjourn, motion made during debate on the resolution directing the secretary of the navy to communicate to the house, all correspondence relating to the use
On Dec 23, 1861, the House voted 6–95. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–63, Democrats 1–17, Others 2–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 4 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
- 6
- No
- 95
- Did not vote
- 98
- Date
- Dec 23, 1861
By party
- Republicans3 yes · 63 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 17 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 15 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- John Fox Potter R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Kellogg R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- John Fox Potter R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-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
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- James Addison Cravens 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
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- 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
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- John Patton 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
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
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