House roll call 563 · 38th Congress · Feb 28, 1865
To pass H.R. 804, a bill regarding the claim of robert, john and james watson, of pittsburg, pa. (p. 1212-3)
On Feb 28, 1865, the House voted 46–60 (HR 804). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–30, Democrats 13–25, Others 10–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 46
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 81
- Date
- Feb 28, 1865
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 30 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 25 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 5 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Higby R-CA voted yes
- James Edward English D-CT voted yes
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA voted yes
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- John Rice Eden D-IL voted yes
- John Todd Stuart D-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- John Law D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN voted yes
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS voted yes
- Sidney Perham R-ME voted yes
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted yes
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted yes
- Elijah Ward D-NY voted yes
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY voted yes
- John Benedict Steele D-NY voted yes
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY voted yes
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY voted yes
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted yes
- Augustus Frank R-NY voted yes
- James Remley Morris D-OH voted yes
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted yes
- John Martin Broomall R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted yes
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted yes
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Higby R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- James Remley Morris D-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
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Cornelius Cole 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
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- George Middleton D-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Alexander Long D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins 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
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-WV
- William Gay Brown O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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