House roll call 274 · 38th Congress · May 23, 1864
To pass a resolution to pay out of the contingent fund, to joseph segar, louis f. Chandler, and b.m. Kitchen, claimants of seats in this house as representative
On May 23, 1864, the House voted 60–57. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–39, Democrats 32–14, Others 12–4. 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
- 60
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 70
- Date
- May 23, 1864
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 39 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 14 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted yes
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL voted no
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted no
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD voted no
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted yes
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ voted no
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- John Benedict Steele D-NY voted no
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY voted yes
- George Bliss D-OH voted no
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Charles Denison D-PA voted no
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Alexander Long D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins 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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
- William Gay Brown O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
Did not vote
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- George Middleton 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
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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