To concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 709, a bill to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending june 30, 1865; whic

On Feb 2, 1865, the House voted 47–83 (HR 709). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 37–30, Democrats 6–40, Others 4–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: 47
No: 83
Did not vote: 57
Date: Feb 2, 1865

By party

Republicans37 yes · 30 no · 19 didn’t vote
Democrats6 yes · 40 no · 27 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA voted no
Henry Champion Deming R-CT voted no
John Henry Hubbard R-CT voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Henry William Harrington D-IN voted yes
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
Ebenezer Dumont R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Abel Carter Wilder R-KS voted no
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
John Wesley Longyear R-MI voted no
Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted no
Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI voted yes
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted no
James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
John Rogers Mcbride R-OR voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
Joseph Bailey D-PA voted yes
Amos Myers R-PA voted no
Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Ezra Wheeler D-WI voted yes

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 concur in the Senate amendment to H.R…: House Vote, Feb 2, 1865,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/38-H-488/to-concur-in-the-senate-amendment-to-h-r (accessed 2026-10-17).