House roll call 52 · 37th Congress · Aug 5, 1861
To amend the first section of S. 69, a bill to increase army pay, by reducing the increase in pay of soldiers and seamen from four to two dollars per month. (p
On Aug 5, 1861, the House voted 32–66 (S 69). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–45, Democrats 3–16, Others 10–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 members voted against their own party.
During the 37th Congress (1861–1862), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 101
- Date
- Aug 5, 1861
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 45 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 16 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 5 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Law D-IN voted yes
- James Addison Cravens D-IN voted yes
- William McKee Dunn R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA voted yes
- Charles Russell Train R-MA voted yes
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME voted yes
- John Hovey Rice R-ME voted yes
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO voted yes
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH voted yes
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH voted yes
- John Paul Verree R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Bailey D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Law D-IN
- James Addison Cravens D-IN
- William McKee Dunn R-IN
- James Streshly Jackson O-KY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe O-KY
- Robert Mallory O-KY
- William Henry Wadsworth O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas O-MA
- Alexander Hamilton Rice R-MA
- Charles Russell Train R-MA
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- Edwin Hanson Webster O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Charles Benedict Calvert O-MD
- Anson Peaslee Morrill R-ME
- John Hovey Rice R-ME
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. R-MO
- Frederick Augustus Conkling R-NY
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick R-NY
- Alexander Samuel Diven R-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Valentine Baxter Horton R-OH
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake R-OH
- John Paul Verree R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- Joseph Bailey D-PA
- Samuel Steel Blair R-PA
- Charles Horace Upton O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Dwight Loomis R-CT
- James Edward English D-CT
- Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL
- Owen Lovejoy R-IL
- William Kellogg R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Albert Gallatin Porter R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Albert Smith White R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- William Mitchell R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry May O-MD
- John Noble Goodwin R-ME
- Charles Wesley Walton R-ME
- Samuel Clement Fessenden R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Bradley Francis Granger R-MI
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Francis William Kellogg R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Cyrus Aldrich R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Thomas McKey Edwards R-NH
- George Thomas Cobb D-NJ
- Edward Henry Smith D-NY
- Moses Fowler Odell D-NY
- William Wall R-NY
- Edward Haight D-NY
- John Benedict Steele D-NY
- Abram Baldwin Olin R-NY
- James Bedell Mckean R-NY
- Socrates Norton Sherman R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Augustus Frank R-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Addison Gurley R-OH
- Clement Laird Vallandigham D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Richard Almgill Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Warren Perry Noble D-OH
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-OH
- Samuel Thomas Worcester R-OH
- James Remley Morris D-OH
- Albert Gallatin Riddle R-OH
- John Hutchins R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- George Knox Shiel D-OR
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona D-PA
- Philip Johnson D-PA
- Edward Mcpherson R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Robert Mcknight R-PA
- Elijah Babbitt R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield O-RI
- George Huntington Browne O-RI
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley O-VA
- Eliakim Persons Walton R-VT
- Portus Baxter R-VT
- Luther Hanchett R-WI
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Frederick Ferdinand Low R-CA
- Timothy Guy Phelps R-CA
- Alfred Avery Burnham R-CT
- George Catlin Woodruff D-CT
- George Purnell Fisher O-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Samuel Ryan Curtis R-IA
- William Vandever R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Anthony Lausett Knapp D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- Philip Bond Fouke D-IL
- John Alexander Logan D-IL
- William Joshua Allen D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Martin Franklin Conway R-KS
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Samuel Lewis Casey O-KY
- George Helm Yeaman O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Aaron Harding O-KY
- George Washington Dunlap O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John William Menzies O-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Flanders O-LA
- Michael Hahn O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- John Bassett Alley R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Amasa Walker R-MA
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey R-MA
- Charles Delano R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary O-MD
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden R-ME
- James Sidney Rollins O-MO
- John Bullock Clark D-MO
- William Augustus Hall D-MO
- Elijah Hise Norton D-MO
- John William Reid D-MO
- Thomas Lawson Price D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- John William Noell D-MO
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Thompson Nixon R-NJ
- John Leake Newbold Stratton R-NJ
- William Gaston Steele D-NJ
- Nehemiah Perry D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- James Kerrigan O-NY
- Elijah Ward D-NY
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Stephen Baker R-NY
- Erastus Corning D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Chauncey Vibbard D-NY
- Richard Franchot R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain R-NY
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R-NY
- Alfred Ely R-NY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding R-NY
- Chilton Allen White D-OH
- Thomas Corwin R-OH
- Carey Allen Trimble R-OH
- Robert Hunter Nugen D-OH
- William Parker Cutler R-OH
- Sidney Edgerton R-OH
- Andrew Jackson Thayer D-OR
- William Eckart Lehman D-PA
- Charles John Biddle D-PA
- William Morris Davis R-PA
- John Hickman R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell R-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Tracy Hale R-PA
- Jesse Lazear D-PA
- John Winfield Wallace R-PA
- John Patton R-PA
- Horace Maynard O-TN
- George Washington Bridges O-TN
- Andrew Jackson Clements O-TN
- Joseph Eggleston Segar O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- William Gay Brown O-VA
- Jacob Beeson Blair O-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- John Fox Potter R-WI
- Walter Duncan Mcindoe R-WI
- Andrew Scott Sloan R-WI
Other votes
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the first section of S. 69, a bill…: House Vote, Aug 5, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-H-52/to-amend-the-first-section-of-s-69-a (accessed 2026-10-17).