House roll call 469 · 38th Congress · Jan 23, 1865
To pass H.J. RES. 141. (p. 369-2)
On Jan 23, 1865, the House voted 97–41 (HJR 141). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 38–34, Democrats 46–2, Others 13–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 97
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Jan 23, 1865
By party
- Republicans38 yes · 34 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 2 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 5 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA voted no
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- John Bassett Alley R-MA voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted no
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY voted no
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY voted no
- Daniel Morris R-NY voted no
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted no
- Rufus Paine Spalding 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
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted no
- Amos Myers R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- 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
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- George Middleton D-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Alexander Long D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley 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
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- William Gay Brown O-WV
Did not vote
- James Edward English D-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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