To amend H.R. 1572, by declaring that after july 6, 1876, nothing but gold and silver U.S. Coins shall be legal tender for payment of debts.

On Apr 14, 1874, the House voted 70–171 (HR 1572). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 49–128, Democrats 24–47, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 73 members voted against their own party.

During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 70
No: 171
Did not vote: 53
Date: Apr 14, 1874

By party

Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans49 yes · 128 no · 27 didn’t vote
Democrats24 yes · 47 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Clayton R-CA voted yes
Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
John King Luttrell D-CA voted yes
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
John Blake Rice R-IL voted yes
William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted yes
Samuel Hooper R-MA voted yes
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted yes
John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA voted yes
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
William Julian Albert R-MD voted yes
Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted yes
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
George Willard R-MI voted yes
Jason Niles R-MS voted yes
William Bradbury Small R-NH voted yes
Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted yes
Robert Hamilton D-NJ voted yes
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted yes
Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted yes
John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted yes
Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY voted yes
Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted yes
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted yes
Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY voted yes
David Miller De Witt D-NY voted yes
Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
James Stevenson Smart R-NY voted yes
William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted yes
Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY voted yes
Lyman Tremain R-NY voted yes
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted yes
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted yes
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
John Alexander Magee D-PA voted yes
Robert Milton Speer D-PA voted yes
Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA voted yes
William Sutton Moore R-PA voted yes
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
Robert Brown Elliott R-SC voted yes
William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
John Hancock D-TX voted yes
Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX voted yes
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
George Whitman Hendee R-VT voted yes
Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
Philetus Sawyer R-WI 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 amend H.R. 1572, by declaring that after…: House Vote, Apr 14, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-122/to-amend-h-r-1572-by-declaring-that-after (accessed 2026-10-17).