House roll call 76 · 37th Congress · Jan 6, 1862
To table a resolution requesting the secretary of war to report to this house what measures have been taken to ascertain who is responsible for the disastrous m
On Jan 6, 1862, the House voted 57–77. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–73, Democrats 25–3, Others 19–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 57
- No
- 77
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Jan 6, 1862
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 73 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats25 yes · 3 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others19 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS voted yes
- Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted yes
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO voted no
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted yes
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- George Knox Shiel D-OR voted no
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA voted no
- Luther Hanchett R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Grider 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
- Charles Delano R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Thomas McKey Edwards 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
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-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
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- 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
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
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
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- 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
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Stephen Baker 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
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper 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
- John Covode R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- 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
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
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