House roll call 378 · 38th Congress · Jun 23, 1864
To pass the 1st amendment to H.R. 540 (13 stat 218, 6/30/1864), a bill to provide ways and means for the support of the govt, and for other purposes; which amen
On Jun 23, 1864, the House voted 59–81 (HR 540). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–54, Democrats 32–21, Others 10–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 59
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Jun 23, 1864
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 54 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 21 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 6 no · 12 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
- James Edward English D-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- John Todd Stuart D-IL voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN voted no
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ voted no
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Wood D-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted no
- Anson Herrick D-NY voted no
- William Radford D-NY voted no
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY voted no
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY voted yes
- John Ganson D-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH voted no
- William Edward Finck D-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted yes
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Myer Strouse D-PA voted no
- Amos Myers R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alexander Long D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
- William Gay Brown O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Edward English D-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley 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
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster 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
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding 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
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
Did not vote
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- 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
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass the 1st amendment to H.R. 540 (13…: House Vote, Jun 23, 1864,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/38-H-378/to-pass-the-1st-amendment-to-h-r-540 (accessed 2026-10-17).