House roll call 70 · 42nd Congress · Apr 14, 1871
To amend H.R. 19, (17 stat 5, 4-20-71), a deficiency appropriations bill, by providing for the payment of new bank notes by the banking associations.
On Apr 14, 1871, the House voted 103–70 (HR 19). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–67, Democrats 77–2, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 members voted against their own party.
During the 42nd Congress (1871–1872), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 103
- No
- 70
- Did not vote
- 81
- Date
- Apr 14, 1871
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 67 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Democrats77 yes · 2 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted no
- John Rogers D-NY voted no
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH voted yes
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL
- William Anderson Handley D-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- James Millander Hanks D-AR
- John Edwards O-AR
- Archibald Thompson Macintyre D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- John Summerfield Bigby R-GA
- Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA
- Dudley McIver Du Bose D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Madison Miner Walden R-IA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Bradford Newcomb Stevens D-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Edward Young Rice D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- Mahlon Dickerson Manson D-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- Henry Davis Mchenry D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William M. Merrick D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg O-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Andrew King D-MO
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Samuel Carr Forker D-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Dwight Townsend D-NY
- Thomas Kinsella D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Roosevelt D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Smith Ely Jr. D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY
- John Michael Carroll D-NY
- William Williams D-NY
- Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- John Franklin Mckinney D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Ephraim Leister Acker D-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Benjamin Franklin Meyers D-PA
- Henry Sherwood D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Samuel Griffith D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Mcclelland D-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Abraham Ellison Garrett D-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Edward Isaac Golladay D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Robert Porter Caldwell D-TN
- William Wirt Vaughan D-TN
- John Critcher D-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Elliott Muse Braxton D-VA
- William Terry D-VA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Coburn R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- John Lynch R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- John Taffe R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- John Rogers D-NY
- Elizur H. Prindle R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- John Edward Seeley R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- John Vaudain Creely O-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Carlos De Large R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Maxwell Coghlan R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Silas Leslie Niblack D-FL
- Erasmus Williams Beck D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- Henry Snapp R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- John Lourie Beveridge R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Alexander (Aleck) Boarman O-LA
- James Mccleery R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Constantine Canaris Esty R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- John Ritchie D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Jabez Gridley Sutherland D-MI
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- James Gorrall Blair O-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- James Clarence Harper D-NC
- Samuel Newell Bell D-NH
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Milo Goodrich R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Seth Wakeman R-NY
- Ozro John Dodds D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell D-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Frank Charles Bunnell R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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