House roll call 552 · 38th Congress · Feb 27, 1865
To amend H.R. 678, by providing that all persons who shall be convicted of desertion shall be decreed guilty of a misdemeanor. (p. 1157-1, p. 1155-1)
On Feb 27, 1865, the House voted 64–82 (HR 678). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–73, Democrats 56–0, Others 8–9. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 38th Congress (1863–1864), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 64
- No
- 82
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 27, 1865
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 73 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats56 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edward English D-CT
- 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
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- George Middleton D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks 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
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Alexander Long D-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
- William Gay Brown 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
- Henry Champion Deming R-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
- John Adam Kasson 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
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis 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
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller 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
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield 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
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
Did not vote
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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