To table a house resolution that in the opinion of the house the business interests of the country require an increase in the volume of circulating currency, an

On Feb 14, 1870, the House voted 74–92. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 59–55, Democrats 15–33, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 70 members voted against their own party.

During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 74
No: 92
Did not vote: 90
Date: Feb 14, 1870

By party

Republicans59 yes · 55 no · 64 didn’t vote
Democrats15 yes · 33 no · 24 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted no
Thomas Boles R-AR voted no
Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted yes
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Smyth R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted no
Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted no
Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted no
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted no
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted no
John Breese Hay R-IL voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
John Coburn R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted no
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted no
Jasper Packard R-IN voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
William Lewis Stoughton R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted no
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO voted no
Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO voted no
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted no
Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC voted no
John Thomas Deweese R-NC voted no
Israel George Lash R-NC voted no
Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC voted no
John Taffe R-NE voted no
Charles Haight D-NJ voted yes
John Taylor Bird D-NJ voted yes
John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY voted yes
Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
James Brooks D-NY voted yes
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
William Lawrence R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
John Roberts Reading D-PA voted yes
John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted yes
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted yes
Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA voted yes
George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To table a house resolution that in the…: House Vote, Feb 14, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-143/to-table-a-house-resolution-that-in-the-opinion (accessed 2026-10-17).