To amend S. 380 by confining authority of the secretary of the treasury to making payable abroad any portion of the $400,000,000 bonds at 4%, also making payabl

On Mar 9, 1870, the Senate voted 30–10 (S 380). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–8, Democrats 4–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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: 30
No: 10
Did not vote: 40
Date: Mar 9, 1870

By party

Republicans26 yes · 8 no · 33 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
William Sprague R-RI voted no
Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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