House roll call 230 · 38th Congress · Apr 29, 1864
To table a resolution requesting the President to communicate to the house, copies of notes, letters, telegrams, orders, entries, and other documents giving inf
On Apr 29, 1864, the House voted 28–84. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–38, Democrats 8–36, Others 8–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 28
- No
- 84
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Apr 29, 1864
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 38 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 36 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 10 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT voted yes
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- John Todd Stuart D-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- John Benedict Steele D-NY voted yes
- John Ganson D-NY voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA voted yes
- Amos Myers R-PA voted yes
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear 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
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- 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
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-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
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
Did not vote
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- George Middleton D-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- James Sproat Brown 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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