House roll call 408 · 41st Congress · Jun 29, 1870
To adopt report of conference committee on S. 378 (16 stat 251, 7/13/70), a bill to provide a national currency of coin notes and to equalize the distribution o
On Jun 29, 1870, the House voted 53–127 (S 378). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 51–80, Democrats 2–46, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 53 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
- 53
- No
- 127
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- Jun 29, 1870
By party
- Republicans51 yes · 80 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 46 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL voted yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted yes
- Thomas Boles R-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- William Smyth R-IA voted yes
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA voted yes
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY voted yes
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted yes
- Oakes Ames R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- George Emrick Harris R-MS voted yes
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted yes
- Israel George Lash R-NC voted yes
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Benton R-NH voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Fitch R-NV voted yes
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY voted yes
- Orange Ferriss R-NY voted yes
- Charles Knapp R-NY voted yes
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY voted yes
- John Charles Churchill R-NY voted yes
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY voted yes
- Hamilton Ward R-NY voted yes
- Porter Sheldon R-NY voted yes
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted yes
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- William Hanford Upson R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted yes
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted yes
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted yes
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted yes
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted yes
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted yes
- Lewis Tillman R-TN voted yes
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Smyth R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- William Moore R-NJ
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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