House roll call 163 · 38th Congress · Mar 25, 1864
To excuse the absence of the honorable s.s. Cox of ohio at the time of a call of the house. (p. 1289-1, 2)
On Mar 25, 1864, the House voted 60–31. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–28, Democrats 28–1, Others 10–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 60
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 96
- Date
- Mar 25, 1864
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 28 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 1 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 2 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT voted yes
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT voted yes
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted yes
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY voted yes
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY voted yes
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted yes
- John Ganson D-NY voted no
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
Did not vote
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-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
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- George Middleton D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Alexander Long D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
- William Gay Brown O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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