House roll call 283 · 38th Congress · May 26, 1864
To amend H.J. RES. 56 (13 stat 566, 1/18/65), a resolution authorizing the President to give the requisite notice for terminating the treaty made with great bri
On May 26, 1864, the House voted 54–97 (HJR 56). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–61, Democrats 36–23, Others 7–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 54
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- May 26, 1864
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 61 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats36 yes · 23 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 14 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted no
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted yes
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted yes
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
- John Law D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- John Guier Scott D-MO voted no
- George Middleton D-NJ voted no
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted no
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- William Radford D-NY voted no
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY voted no
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY voted no
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY voted yes
- John Ganson D-NY voted no
- Alexander Long D-OH voted no
- Chilton Allen White D-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Philip Johnson D-PA voted no
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted no
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT 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
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge 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
How each representative voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Green Clay Smith 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
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- George Middleton D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Francis Kernan D-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
- Alexander Long D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley 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
- Philip Johnson 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
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
Did not vote
- William Higby R-CA
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers 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
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.J. RES. 56 (13 stat 566…: House Vote, May 26, 1864,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/38-H-283/to-amend-h-j-res-56-13-stat-566 (accessed 2026-10-17).