Senate roll call 180 · 41st Congress · Mar 10, 1870
To amend S. 380 by striking the portion requiring national banks to deposit bonds as security for their circulating notes. (JP. 353)
On Mar 10, 1870, the Senate voted 15–29 (S 380). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–23, Democrats 0–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 15
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Mar 10, 1870
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 23 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 6 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 380 by striking the portion…: Senate Vote, Mar 10, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-S-180/to-amend-s-380-by-striking-the-portion-requiring (accessed 2026-10-17).