House roll call 123 · 43rd Congress · Apr 14, 1874
To amend H.R. 1572, by authorizing the secretary of the treasury to cancel legal tender notes whenever their amount exceeds $4000,000,000.
On Apr 14, 1874, the House voted 104–133 (HR 1572). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 93–76, Democrats 13–57, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 89 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
- 104
- No
- 133
- Did not vote
- 62
- Date
- Apr 14, 1874
By party
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans93 yes · 76 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 57 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL voted no
- Charles Pelham R-AL voted no
- Charles Hays R-AL voted no
- Alexander White R-AL voted no
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL voted no
- Asa Hodges R-AR voted no
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR voted no
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- James Rush Lofland R-DE voted no
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted no
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA voted no
- William Loughridge R-IA voted no
- Franklin Corwin R-IL voted no
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
- Granville Barrere R-IL voted no
- John Mcnulta R-IL voted no
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
- John Coburn R-IN voted no
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN voted no
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
- William Williams R-IN voted no
- David Perley Lowe R-KS voted no
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS voted no
- William Addison Phillips R-KS voted no
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI voted no
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- John Thomas Averill R-MN voted no
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO voted no
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted no
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted no
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
- Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
- John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC voted no
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE voted no
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted yes
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ voted no
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY voted yes
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted no
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Charles St. John R-NY voted no
- David Miller De Witt D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY voted no
- William Henry Lamport R-NY voted no
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY voted no
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH voted no
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH voted no
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH voted no
- James Monroe R-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- James Soloman Biery R-PA voted no
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
- John Cessna R-PA voted no
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA voted no
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA voted no
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted no
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
- William Crutchfield R-TN voted no
And 9 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- John Hancock D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
Other votes
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