House roll call 53 · 37th Congress · Aug 5, 1861
To amend S. 69, a bill to increase army pay, by eliminating the second section which legalizes the proclamations and acts of the President in calling out the mi
On Aug 5, 1861, the House voted 19–74 (S 69). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–66, Others 8–6, Democrats 11–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 2 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
- 19
- No
- 74
- Did not vote
- 106
- Date
- Aug 5, 1861
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 66 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 2 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 6 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ voted no
- Edward Haight D-NY voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Henry May O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
How each representative voted: No
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- William Wall R-NY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 69, a bill to increase army pay…: House Vote, Aug 5, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-53/to-amend-s-69-a-bill-to-increase-army (accessed 2026-10-17).