House roll call 441 · 38th Congress · Dec 13, 1864
To table H.J. RES. 56, a bill authorizing the President to give the requisite notice for abrogating the treaty made with great britain on behalf of the british
On Dec 13, 1864, the House voted 45–85 (HJR 56). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–63, Democrats 34–13, Others 3–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 45
- No
- 85
- Did not vote
- 57
- Date
- Dec 13, 1864
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 63 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 13 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 9 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted no
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN voted yes
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY voted no
- James Brooks D-NY voted no
- William Radford D-NY voted no
- John Benedict Steele D-NY voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY voted yes
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted yes
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted yes
- John Ganson D-NY voted no
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted no
- Charles Denison D-PA voted no
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA voted no
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted no
- James Sproat Brown D-WI voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Alexander Long D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice 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
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Francis Thomas 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
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-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
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
Did not vote
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- George Middleton D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
- William Gay Brown O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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