House roll call 432 · 38th Congress · Dec 5, 1864
To pass a resolution to instruct the ways and means committee to incorporate a provision to tax all stocks of domestic liquors on hand, in any amendment to the
On Dec 5, 1864, the House voted 53–51. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 37–24, Democrats 12–23, Others 4–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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
- 53
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 83
- Date
- Dec 5, 1864
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 24 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 23 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 4 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA voted no
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI voted no
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- John Farson Starr R-NJ voted no
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY voted yes
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted yes
- William Radford D-NY voted yes
- John Benedict Steele D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY voted no
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted yes
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted no
- James Sproat Brown D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Law D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- George Middleton D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-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
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Did not vote
- William Higby R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- 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
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Alexander Long D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- William Gay Brown O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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