House roll call 77 · 37th Congress · Jan 6, 1862
To amend the ball's bluff resolution by providing that the secretary of war report, if it is compatible with the public interest, who is responsible for our def
On Jan 6, 1862, the House voted 49–81. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–69, Democrats 24–4, Others 11–8. 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
- 49
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Jan 6, 1862
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 69 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 4 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- James Addison Cravens D-IN voted no
- George Washington Julian R-IN voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Charles Delano R-MA voted yes
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted yes
- Edward Haight D-NY voted no
- John Benedict Steele D-NY voted no
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY voted yes
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted yes
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
- Charles John Biddle D-PA voted no
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- John Patton R-PA voted yes
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted yes
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- 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
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- 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
- Portus Baxter R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps 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
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- 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
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker 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
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett 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
- George Catlin Woodruff D-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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Mitchell R-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
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice 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
- Edward Henry Rollins 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
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- 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
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- John Covode 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
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
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