House roll call 27 · 38th Congress · Dec 17, 1863
To pass the second war resolution providing that Congress pass all necessary bills to supply men and money, and that it is the duty of the people to render any
On Dec 17, 1863, the House voted 153–1. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 78–0, Democrats 51–1, Others 24–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 1 member 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
- 153
- No
- 1
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Dec 17, 1863
By party
- Republicans78 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats51 yes · 1 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others24 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg 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
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- George Middleton D-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- George Bliss 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
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- William Gay Brown O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
Did not vote
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Alexander Long D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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