House roll call 81 · 37th Congress · Jan 10, 1862
To table H. R. 161, a bill to abolish the franking privilege and the amendment thereto. (p.262-2)
On Jan 10, 1862, the House voted 51–78 (HR 161). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–60, Democrats 20–7, Others 8–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 51
- No
- 78
- Did not vote
- 70
- Date
- Jan 10, 1862
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 60 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 7 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Vandever R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted yes
- William Kellogg R-IL voted yes
- James Addison Cravens D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Albert Smith White R-IN voted yes
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted yes
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- Gilman Marston R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted yes
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY voted no
- John Benedict Steele D-NY voted no
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted yes
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY voted yes
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY voted no
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- John Addison Gurley R-OH voted yes
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH voted no
- John Hickman R-PA voted yes
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted no
- James Tracy Hale R-PA voted yes
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted yes
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted yes
- Luther Hanchett R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing 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
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton 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
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- 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
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- 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
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- 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
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead 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
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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