House roll call 150 · 38th Congress · Mar 17, 1864
To table a motion to reconsider the vote by which H.J. RES. 49, a resolution providing for the dropping from the rolls of the army, unemployed general officers,
On Mar 17, 1864, the House voted 83–37 (HJR 49). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–32, Democrats 44–1, Others 10–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 members voted against their own party.
During the 38th Congress (1863–1864), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 83
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 67
- Date
- Mar 17, 1864
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 32 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats44 yes · 1 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 4 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA voted yes
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted yes
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted yes
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted yes
- Charles Upson R-MI voted yes
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Morris R-NY voted yes
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY voted yes
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- Hiram Price R-IA
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- George Middleton D-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Alexander Long D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
Did not vote
- William Higby R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- William Gay Brown O-WV
Other votes
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