To amend H.R. 19, (17 stat 5, 4-20-71), a deficiency appropriations bill, by providing for the payment of new bank notes by the banking associations.

On Apr 14, 1871, the House voted 103–70 (HR 19). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–67, Democrats 77–2, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 members voted against their own party.

During the 42nd Congress (1871–1872), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 103
No: 70
Did not vote: 81
Date: Apr 14, 1871

By party

Republicans24 yes · 67 no · 52 didn’t vote
Democrats77 yes · 2 no · 27 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Benjamin Sterling Turner R-AL voted yes
Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA voted yes
John Summerfield Bigby R-GA voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Speer R-GA voted yes
Madison Miner Walden R-IA voted yes
John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
Jesse Hale Moore R-IL voted yes
John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted yes
James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO voted yes
Isaac Charles Parker R-MO voted yes
Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC voted yes
Eli Perry D-NY voted no
John Rogers D-NY voted no
Aaron Fyfe Perry R-OH voted yes
Job Evans Stevenson R-OH voted yes
John Beatty R-OH voted yes
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes

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 amend H.R. 19, (17 stat 5, 4-20-71), a…: House Vote, Apr 14, 1871,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/42-H-70/to-amend-h-r-19-17-stat-5-4 (accessed 2026-10-17).