Senate roll call 137 · 41st Congress · Feb 2, 1870
To amend S. 378 by increasing from $13,000,000 to $20,000,000 the maximum amount of circulation to be withdrawn from banks organized in state having a circulati
On Feb 2, 1870, the Senate voted 43–15 (S 378). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–15, Democrats 11–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 43
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 2, 1870
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 15 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
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