Senate roll call 161 · 43rd Congress · May 14, 1874
To amend H.R. 1572, by compelling the secretary of the treasury to retire forty per cent (in lieu of twenty-five per cent) of the circulating notes so issued wi
On May 14, 1874, the Senate voted 20–24 (HR 1572). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–15, Democrats 6–8, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 24
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- May 14, 1874
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 15 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 8 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright 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
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
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