Senate roll call 102 · 43rd Congress · Apr 2, 1874
To amend S. 617, by transferring $50,000,000 from states having an excess of notes to states west and south that have issues less than their proportion.
On Apr 2, 1874, the Senate voted 20–31 (S 617). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–22, Democrats 7–7, Others 3–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 20
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 2, 1874
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 22 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 7 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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