To commit to the committee on invalid pensions H.R. 1061 (29 stat 805 2/17/97), a bill granting pennsions to gray's battalion of ark. Volunteers. (p. 1076-1)

On Jan 22, 1897, the House voted 77–111 (HR 1061). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 75–52, Democrats 1–53, Others 1–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 members voted against their own party.

During the 54th Congress (1895–1896), Grover Cleveland was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 77
No: 111
Did not vote: 182
Date: Jan 22, 1897

By party

Democrats1 yes · 53 no · 53 didn’t vote
Republicans75 yes · 52 no · 126 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
John Franklin Shafroth R-CO voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT voted no
Jonathan Spencer Willis R-DE voted no
George Martin Curtis R-IA voted no
Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA voted no
John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
Hugh Reid Belknap R-IL voted no
Charles Walhart Woodman R-IL voted no
Edward Dean Cooke R-IL voted no
Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted no
Benson Wood R-IL voted no
Orlando Burrell R-IL voted no
George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
Alexander Merrill Hardy R-IN voted no
Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN voted no
Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R-KY voted no
John William Lewis R-KY voted no
Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA voted no
Joseph Henry Walker R-MA voted no
William Shadrach Knox R-MA voted no
William Henry Moody R-MA voted no
William Benjamin Baker R-MD voted no
Alfred Milnes R-MI voted no
Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI voted no
William Seelye Linton R-MI voted no
Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted no
James Thompson Mccleary R-MN voted no
Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Charles Germman Burton R-MO voted no
Romulus Zachariah Linney R-NC voted no
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Henry Moore Baker R-NH voted no
Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ voted no
Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
Charles Daniels R-NY voted no
George Washington Wilson R-OH voted no
James Harding Southard R-OH voted no
Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted no
Fred Churchill Leonard R-PA voted no
William Carlile Arnold R-PA voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
William Coleman Anderson R-TN voted no
Henry Richard Gibson R-TN voted no
Samuel Clarence Hyde R-WA voted no
Theobald Otjen R-WI voted no
Samuel Stebbins Barney R-WI voted no
John James Jenkins R-WI voted no
James Hall Huling R-WV voted no
Warren Miller R-WV 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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Capitol Receipts, “To commit to the committee on invalid…: House Vote, Jan 22, 1897,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-H-130/to-commit-to-the-committee-on-invalid-pensions-h (accessed 2026-10-15).