To pass over veto of the President H.R. 915, appropriating for the relief of hockaday and liggitt for damages sustained by them in reduction of pay for carrying

On Jan 26, 1861, the House voted 81–67 (HR 915). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 45–41, Democrats 18–16, Others 18–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 57 members voted against their own party.

During the 36th Congress (1859–1860), James Buchanan was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.

Yes: 81
No: 67
Did not vote: 96
Date: Jan 26, 1861

By party

Democrats18 yes · 16 no · 53 didn’t vote
Republicans45 yes · 41 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others18 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dwight Loomis R-CT voted no
Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT voted no
William Gustavus Whiteley D-DE voted no
William Vandever R-IA voted no
Owen Lovejoy R-IL voted no
James Carroll Robinson D-IL voted no
William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted no
William Hayden English D-IN voted no
William McKee Dunn R-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN voted no
James Wilson R-IN voted no
Charles Francis Adams R-MA voted no
Jacob Michael Kunkel D-MD voted no
Stephen Coburn R-ME voted no
William Alanson Howard R-MI voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
Francis William Kellogg R-MI voted no
De Witt Clinton Leach R-MI voted no
Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH voted no
John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ voted no
James Humphrey R-NY voted no
Charles Lewis Beale R-NY voted no
Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY voted no
George William Palmer R-NY voted no
Francis Elias Spinner R-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Charles Brooks Hoard R-NY voted no
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted no
Emory Bemsley Pottle R-NY voted no
Alfred Wells R-NY voted no
Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY voted no
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH voted no
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted no
Benjamin Stanton R-OH voted no
John Carey R-OH voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted no
Sidney Edgerton R-OH voted no
John Hutchins R-OH voted no
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
Jacob Kerlin Mckenty D-PA voted no
Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
James Hepburn Campbell R-PA voted no
Edward Mcpherson R-PA voted no
Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted no
William Stewart R-PA voted no
Chapin Hall R-PA voted no
Elijah Babbitt R-PA voted no
James Houston Thomas D-TN voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Charles Hathaway Larrabee 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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Capitol Receipts, “To pass over veto of the President H.R. 915…: House Vote, Jan 26, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-H-343/to-pass-over-veto-of-the-president-h-r (accessed 2026-10-17).