To pass H. R. 278, a bill increasing the salary of the commissioner of pensions from $3000 to $4000 and the salary of the chief clerk from $2000 to $3000. (p.

On Apr 18, 1866, the House voted 58–63 (HR 278). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 47–41, Democrats 5–19, Others 6–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 members voted against their own party.

During the 39th Congress (1865–1866), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 58
No: 63
Did not vote: 78
Date: Apr 18, 1866

By party

Republicans47 yes · 41 no · 48 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 19 no · 20 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Champion Deming R-CT voted no
Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted no
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
Hiram Price R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted no
John Wentworth R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted no
Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted no
Jehu Baker R-IL voted no
Andrew Jackson Kuykendall R-IL voted no
Samuel Wheeler Moulton R-IL voted no
George Washington Julian R-IN voted no
Henry Dana Washburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Sidney Clarke R-KS voted no
Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
John Hovey Rice R-ME voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
John Wesley Longyear R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI voted no
Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted no
Gilman Marston R-NH voted no
Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted no
Nelson Taylor D-NY voted yes
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Hamilton Ward R-NY voted no
Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted no
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted no
James Henry Dickey Henderson R-OR voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted no
John Martin Broomall R-PA voted no
Myer Strouse D-PA voted yes
Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA voted yes
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted yes
Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-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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