House roll call 443 · 38th Congress · Dec 14, 1864
To pass H.R. 586, a bill to drop from the rolls of the army unemployed general officers. (p. 36-1)
On Dec 14, 1864, the House voted 99–38 (HR 586). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 71–2, Democrats 16–31, Others 12–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 99
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Dec 14, 1864
By party
- Republicans71 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 31 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 5 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted yes
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL voted no
- John Todd Stuart D-IL voted yes
- John Law D-IN voted yes
- James Addison Cravens D-IN voted yes
- Henry William Harrington D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Wood D-NY voted yes
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY voted yes
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH voted yes
- William Edward Finck D-OH voted yes
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted yes
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA voted yes
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted yes
- Jesse Lazear D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- 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
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond 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
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Ganson D-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
- John O'Neill D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- William Augustus Hall 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
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
- William Gay Brown O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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