House roll call 511 · 38th Congress · Feb 17, 1865
To pass H.R. 710, 3/3/1865, a bill extending the time for completion of certain railroads, to which land grants have been made, in states of michigan and wis.
On Feb 17, 1865, the House voted 75–45 (HR 71). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 43–16, Democrats 21–23, Others 11–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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
- 75
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 67
- Date
- Feb 17, 1865
By party
- Republicans43 yes · 16 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats21 yes · 23 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 6 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted yes
- James Cameron Allen D-IL voted yes
- John Law D-IN voted yes
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN voted no
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- John Farson Starr R-NJ voted no
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ voted yes
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY voted yes
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY voted yes
- John Benedict Steele D-NY voted yes
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Morris R-NY voted no
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH voted yes
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH voted yes
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH voted yes
- George Bliss D-OH voted yes
- James Remley Morris D-OH voted yes
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted no
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted yes
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI 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
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth 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
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
- William Gay Brown O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
Did not vote
- James Edward English D-CT
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- George Middleton D-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Alexander Long D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To pass H.R. 710, 3/3/1865, a bill extending…: House Vote, Feb 17…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/38-H-511/to-pass-h-r-710-3-3-1865-a (accessed 2026-10-16).