House roll call 520 · 38th Congress · Feb 18, 1865
To amend H.R. 766, which amendment provides that the pay of the private soldiers be increased to twenty dollars per month. (p. 908-3)
On Feb 18, 1865, the House voted 83–32 (HR 766). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–27, Democrats 39–2, Others 16–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 29 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
- 83
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 72
- Date
- Feb 18, 1865
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 27 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats39 yes · 2 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA voted no
- William Higby R-CA voted no
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted no
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN voted no
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted no
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
- Charles Upson R-MI voted no
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI voted no
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV voted no
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY voted no
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY voted no
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY voted no
- James Madison Marvin R-NY voted no
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY voted no
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY voted no
- Freeman Clarke R-NY voted no
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Thomas Williams R-PA voted no
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Portus Baxter R-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Champion Deming R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- John Henry Hubbard R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Charles Murray Harris D-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- John Todd Stuart D-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- John Law D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Abel Carter Wilder R-KS
- Lucien Anderson O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- Green Clay Smith O-KY
- Brutus Junius Clay O-KY
- William Harrison Randall O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat D-ME
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI
- Henry Taylor Blow O-MO
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd O-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg O-MO
- Austin Augustus King O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan O-MO
- Daniel Marcy D-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Martin Kalbfleisch D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Anson Herrick D-NY
- Charles Henry Winfield D-NY
- Homer Augustus Nelson D-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- Samuel Franklin Miller R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Daniel Morris R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- John Ganson D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Alexander Long D-OH
- Francis Celeste Le Blond D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- Joseph Worthington White D-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Martin Russell Thayer R-PA
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Henry Wells Tracy O-PA
- William Henry Miller D-PA
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA
- Archibald Mcallister D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Ezra Wheeler D-WI
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- Augustus Brandegee R-CT
- Nathaniel Barratt Smithers O-DE
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton D-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- John Wesley Longyear R-MI
- Samuel Knox O-MO
- Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV
- John Augustus Griswold D-NY
- Orlando Kellogg R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Thomas Treadwell Davis R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
Did not vote
- Hiram Price R-IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell R-IA
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- Henry William Harrington D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Ebenezer Dumont R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- James Foster Mcdowell D-IN
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. O-MO
- John Guier Scott D-MO
- William Augustus Hall O-MO
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John Farson Starr R-NJ
- George Middleton D-NJ
- Andrew Jackson Rogers D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Henry George Stebbins D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- William Radford D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- William Johnston D-OH
- Wells Andrews Hutchins D-OH
- John O'Neill D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- John Rogers Mcbride R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Myer Strouse D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- James Tracy Hale O-PA
- Amos Myers R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- James Sproat Brown D-WI
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan R-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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