Senate roll call 572 · 41st Congress · Jan 9, 1871
To amend S. 859, a bill revising the laws relative to the mints, assay offices, and coinage of the United States, by reducing coinage charge from one-half to TH
On Jan 9, 1871, the Senate voted 26–22 (S 859). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–14, Democrats 1–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 26
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jan 9, 1871
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 14 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 8 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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