Senate roll call 131 · 41st Congress · Feb 1, 1870
To amend S. 378 by striking sections requiring all national banks to keep at least 25% of their outstanding circulation always on hand in gold or silver coin; a
On Feb 1, 1870, the Senate voted 24–33 (S 378). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–31, Democrats 8–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 24
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 1, 1870
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 31 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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