House roll call 286 · 38th Congress · May 26, 1864
To table H.J. RES. 56. (p. 2509-2)
On May 26, 1864, the House voted 73–75 (HJR 56). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 39–34, Democrats 19–36, Others 15–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 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
- 73
- No
- 75
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- May 26, 1864
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 34 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 36 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted yes
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted no
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT voted no
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted no
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- John Law D-IN voted yes
- James Addison Cravens D-IN voted yes
- Henry William Harrington D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted no
- Charles Upson R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted no
- George Middleton D-NJ voted yes
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ voted yes
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY voted no
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY voted no
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY voted no
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY voted no
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted no
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY voted no
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH voted yes
- Chilton Allen White D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH voted yes
- William Johnston D-OH voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted yes
- Myer Strouse D-PA voted yes
- Philip Johnson D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI voted no
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI voted yes
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- James Edward English D-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
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- 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
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
- William Gay Brown O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice 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
- 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
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy 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
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Alexander Long 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
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Did not vote
- William Higby R-CA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster 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
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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