To amend H.R. 786, which amendment proposes to increase the salaries of clerks in the several U.S. Departments in washington. (p. 1332-1)

On Mar 2, 1865, the House voted 61–77 (HR 786). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–58, Democrats 36–14, Others 12–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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: 61
No: 77
Did not vote: 49
Date: Mar 2, 1865

By party

Republicans13 yes · 58 no · 15 didn’t vote
Democrats36 yes · 14 no · 23 didn’t vote
Others12 yes · 5 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Abel Carter Wilder R-KS voted yes
Benjamin Gwinn Harris D-MD voted no
John Wesley Longyear R-MI voted yes
Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted yes
Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D-MI voted no
John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted yes
Dwight Townsend D-NY voted no
John Benedict Steele D-NY voted no
John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY voted no
Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
Daniel Morris R-NY voted yes
John Ganson D-NY voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
William Edward Finck D-OH voted no
Joseph Worthington White D-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-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
John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
Ezra Wheeler D-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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