To pass a resolution to execute house resolution of 7/4/64, for payment of certain allowances therein named, to officers, clerks, and other employees of the hou

On Mar 3, 1865, the House voted 88–43. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–38, Democrats 52–3, Others 13–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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: 88
No: 43
Did not vote: 56
Date: Mar 3, 1865

By party

Republicans23 yes · 38 no · 25 didn’t vote
Democrats52 yes · 3 no · 18 didn’t vote
Others13 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Bowles Shannon R-CA voted yes
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
Abel Carter Wilder R-KS voted yes
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
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
Henry Gaither Worthington R-NV voted yes
James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY voted yes
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
William Edward Finck D-OH voted no
Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
John Rogers Mcbride R-OR voted yes
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
Leonard Myers R-PA voted yes
Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted yes
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA voted yes
Thomas Williams R-PA voted yes
Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT 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 pass a resolution to execute house…: House Vote, Mar 3, 1865,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/38-H-585/to-pass-a-resolution-to-execute-house-resolution-of (accessed 2026-10-15).