House roll call 499 · 38th Congress · Feb 13, 1865
To pass a joint resolution, 3/2/1865, authorizing a contract with william h. Powel for a picture for the capitol. (p. 776-3)
On Feb 13, 1865, the House voted 61–60 (HJR 1). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–40, Democrats 33–10, Others 7–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 61
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 66
- Date
- Feb 13, 1865
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 40 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 10 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT voted yes
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted yes
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL voted no
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted yes
- George Middleton D-NJ voted no
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ voted no
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV voted yes
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY voted no
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted yes
- John Ganson D-NY voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Johnston D-OH voted no
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
- William Edward Finck D-OH voted no
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Alexander Long D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins 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
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames 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
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- George Middleton D-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- William Johnston D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
- William Gay Brown O-WV
Did not vote
- James Edward English D-CT
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- 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
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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