To table the dakota contested election resolutions. (p. 2892-1)

On Jun 11, 1864, the House voted 16–95. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–33, Democrats 0–47, Others 0–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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: 16
No: 95
Did not vote: 76
Date: Jun 11, 1864

By party

Republicans16 yes · 33 no · 37 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 47 no · 26 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 15 no · 13 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA voted yes
William Higby R-CA voted yes
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted yes
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted yes
James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
John Farson Starr R-NJ voted yes
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
Augustus Frank R-NY voted yes
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
Amos Myers R-PA voted yes
Thomas Williams 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 the dakota contested election…: House Vote, Jun 11, 1864,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/38-H-335/to-table-the-dakota-contested-election-resolutions-p-2892 (accessed 2026-10-16).