To suspend the rules and consider the joint resolution releasing from the draft, certain persons called into service for one hundred days by the governor of ohi

On Jul 2, 1864, the House voted 18–80. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–34, Democrats 1–35, Others 3–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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: 18
No: 80
Did not vote: 89
Date: Jul 2, 1864

By party

Republicans14 yes · 34 no · 38 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 35 no · 37 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 11 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted yes
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
John Bassett Alley R-MA voted yes
William Windom R-MN voted yes
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
Augustus Frank R-NY voted yes
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
James Remley Morris D-OH voted yes
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
Amasa Cobb 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 suspend the rules and consider the joint…: House Vote, Jul 2, 1864,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/38-H-428/to-suspend-the-rules-and-consider-the-joint-resolution (accessed 2026-10-16).