To concur in Senate amendment #49 to H.R. 19, the amendment provides that new bank notes replacing old ones shall be paid for by banking associations.

On Apr 15, 1871, the House voted 86–87 (HR 19). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–79, Democrats 73–7, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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: 86
No: 87
Did not vote: 81
Date: Apr 15, 1871

By party

Republicans11 yes · 79 no · 53 didn’t vote
Democrats73 yes · 7 no · 26 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted yes
John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted yes
Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted yes
Ellery Albee Hibbard D-NH voted no
Samuel Newell Bell D-NH voted no
James Brooks D-NY voted no
Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
Eli Perry D-NY voted no
Joseph Mabbett Warren D-NY voted no
John Michael Carroll D-NY voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
Robert Carlos De Large R-SC voted yes
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
Charles Howell Porter R-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To concur in Senate amendment #49 to H.R…: House Vote, Apr 15, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-73/to-concur-in-senate-amendment-49-to-h-r (accessed 2026-10-17).