To amend aldrich's substitute resolution to H. R. 574 by adding: "and this provision shall apply to the present Congress, and the mileage already received for t

On Jul 15, 1862, the House voted 64–48 (HR 574). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 37–37, Democrats 18–4, Others 9–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 41 members voted against their own party.

During the 37th Congress (1861–1862), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 64
No: 48
Did not vote: 87
Date: Jul 15, 1862

By party

Republicans37 yes · 37 no · 36 didn’t vote
Democrats18 yes · 4 no · 30 didn’t vote
Others9 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
William Kellogg R-IL voted no
William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
Albert Smith White R-IN voted no
Schuyler Colfax R-IN voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
John Noble Goodwin R-ME voted no
Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted no
John Thompson Nixon R-NJ voted no
John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
Edward Henry Smith D-NY voted no
Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted no
Edward Haight D-NY voted no
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Carey Allen Trimble R-OH voted no
William Parker Cutler R-OH voted no
Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH voted no
John Hutchins R-OH voted no
John Paul Verree R-PA voted no
Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted no
James Tracy Hale R-PA voted no
Joseph Bailey D-PA voted no
Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted no
Robert Mcknight R-PA voted no
John Winfield Wallace R-PA voted no
John Patton R-PA voted no
Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted no
Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT voted no
Luther Hanchett R-WI voted no
Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend aldrich's substitute resolution to…: House Vote, Jul 15, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-343/to-amend-aldrichs-substitute-resolution-to-h-r-574 (accessed 2026-10-17).