To table a resolution which declared that the house was in favor of an earnest and successful prosecution of the war. (p. 2575-2)

On May 30, 1864, the House voted 27–114. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–45, Democrats 1–53, Others 2–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 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: 27
No: 114
Did not vote: 46
Date: May 30, 1864

By party

Republicans24 yes · 45 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 53 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 16 no · 10 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted yes
John Henry Hubbard R-CT voted yes
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA voted yes
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted yes
Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
Abel Carter Wilder R-KS voted yes
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
William Windom R-MN voted yes
Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted yes
De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY voted yes
Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY voted yes
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To table a resolution which declared that…: House Vote, May 30, 1864,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/38-H-290/to-table-a-resolution-which-declared-that-the-house (accessed 2026-10-14).