House roll call 126 · 43rd Congress · Apr 14, 1874
To pass S. 617, a bill to fix the amount of U.S. Notes and the circulation of national banks, and for other purposes.
On Apr 14, 1874, the House voted 140–102 (S 617). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 113–70, Democrats 35–39, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 105 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
- 140
- No
- 102
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Apr 14, 1874
By party
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans113 yes · 70 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats35 yes · 39 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL voted yes
- Charles Clayton R-CA voted no
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted no
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted no
- James Rush Lofland R-DE voted no
- Philip Cook D-GA voted yes
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA voted yes
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA voted yes
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted no
- John Blake Rice R-IL voted no
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL voted yes
- Edward Crossland D-KY voted yes
- John Young Brown D-KY voted yes
- Charles William Milliken D-KY voted yes
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY voted yes
- William Evans Arthur D-KY voted yes
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted yes
- John Duncan Young D-KY voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
- Samuel Hooper R-MA voted no
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted no
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Alvah Crocker R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Julian Albert R-MD voted no
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted no
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
- George Willard R-MI voted no
- Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO voted yes
- Abram Comingo D-MO voted yes
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
- Jason Niles R-MS voted no
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC voted yes
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
- William Bradbury Small R-NH voted no
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted no
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ voted no
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted no
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY voted no
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted no
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted no
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted no
- Charles St. John R-NY voted no
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY voted no
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted no
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY voted no
- David Wilber R-NY voted no
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY voted no
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted no
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY voted no
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted no
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted no
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY voted no
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY voted no
- Lyman Tremain R-NY voted no
- Milton Sayler D-OH voted yes
- John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH voted no
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH voted yes
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH voted yes
And 25 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- 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
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- 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
- Jasper Packard 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
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Erastus Wells 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
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell 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
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Brown Read D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- 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
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse 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
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-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
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
Other votes
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