House roll call 13 · 40th Congress · Mar 11, 1867
H. R. 31 is a bill equalizing the bounties of soldiers, sailors, and marines who served in the late war for the union. (H.R. 31 evidently appears as H.R. 12 in
On Mar 11, 1867, the House voted 61–76 (HR 31). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 50–56, Democrats 11–17, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 61 members voted against their own party.
During the 40th Congress (1867–1868), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 61
- No
- 76
- Did not vote
- 96
- Date
- Mar 11, 1867
By party
- Republicans50 yes · 56 no · 72 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 17 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Hiram Price R-IA voted yes
- William Loughridge R-IA voted yes
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA voted yes
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL voted yes
- Albert George Burr D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Green Berry Raum R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- William Anderson Pile R-MO voted yes
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- George Washington Anderson R-MO voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- William Mungen D-OH voted yes
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH voted yes
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted yes
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH voted yes
- George Washington Morgan D-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH voted yes
- John Armor Bingham R-OH voted yes
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted yes
- Amasa Cobb R-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV voted yes
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Windom R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- William Higby R-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- James Mullins R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “H. R. 31 is a bill equalizing the bounties…: House Vote, Mar 11, 1867,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-13/h-r-31-is-a-bill-equalizing-the-bounties (accessed 2026-10-16).