Senate roll call 138 · 41st Congress · Feb 2, 1870
To concur in an amendment to S. 378, increasing from $13,000,000 to $20,000,000 the maximum amount of circulation to be withdrawn from banks organized in states
On Feb 2, 1870, the Senate voted 39–15 (S 378). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–15, Democrats 7–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 39
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 2, 1870
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 15 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- 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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