To amend S. 43 by increasing from $20,000,000 to $30,000,000 the amount of circulation to be withdrawn in states having the largest excess circulation and to di

On Mar 30, 1869, the Senate voted 32–20 (S 43). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–18, Democrats 5–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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: 32
No: 20
Did not vote: 28
Date: Mar 30, 1869

By party

Republicans27 yes · 18 no · 22 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
George Vickers D-MD voted no
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
William Sprague R-RI voted no
William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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