Senate roll call 155 · 43rd Congress · May 14, 1874
To amend H.R. 1572, by limiting the retirement of circulating notes to an amount computed at 25 per cent on the highest outstanding volume of the notes at any t
On May 14, 1874, the Senate voted 30–23 (HR 1572). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–14, Democrats 7–6, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 30
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- May 14, 1874
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- 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
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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