House roll call 96 · 37th Congress · Jan 21, 1862
To table H. R. 215, a bill to requlate the carriage of printed matter, outside of the mails. (p.425-2)
On Jan 21, 1862, the House voted 61–66 (HR 215). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 39–38, Democrats 14–19, Others 8–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 52 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
- 66
- Did not vote
- 72
- Date
- Jan 21, 1862
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 38 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 19 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 9 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA voted no
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted yes
- John Law D-IN voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
- Albert Smith White R-IN voted no
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted no
- John William Noell D-MO voted yes
- Gilman Marston R-NH voted no
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ voted yes
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ voted yes
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ voted yes
- Benjamin Wood D-NY voted yes
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted yes
- Erastus Corning D-NY voted yes
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY voted yes
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY voted no
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted no
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH voted yes
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
- William Parker Cutler R-OH voted no
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted no
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted no
- John Hickman R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted yes
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted no
- John Patton R-PA voted no
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted no
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted no
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- 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
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain 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
- Warren Perry Noble D-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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- 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
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Did not vote
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-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
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Henry May O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- George Washington Bridges 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
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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