House roll call 125 · 43rd Congress · Apr 14, 1874
To return S. 617, a bill to fix the amount of U.S. Notes and the circulation of national banks and for other purposes, to the Senate, since the house has revenu
On Apr 14, 1874, the House voted 57–179 (S 617). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 36–123, Democrats 20–53, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 56 members voted against their own party.
During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 57
- No
- 179
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Apr 14, 1874
By party
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans36 yes · 123 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 53 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Clayton R-CA voted yes
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN voted yes
- William Brown Read D-KY voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted yes
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Swann D-MD voted yes
- William Julian Albert R-MD voted yes
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted yes
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- George Willard R-MI voted yes
- William Henry Stone D-MO voted yes
- William Bradbury Small R-NH voted yes
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ voted yes
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted yes
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY voted yes
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY voted yes
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY voted yes
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY voted yes
- David Miller De Witt D-NY voted yes
- Eli Perry D-NY voted yes
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY voted yes
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted yes
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY voted yes
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted yes
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY voted yes
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted yes
- Lyman Tremain R-NY voted yes
- John Quincy Smith R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
- John Alexander Magee D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- William Brown Read D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- William Julian Albert R-MD
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD
- John Holmes Burleigh R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Willard R-MI
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Eli Perry D-NY
- James Stevenson Smart R-NY
- Robert Safford Hale R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Alexander White R-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Jasper Delos Ward R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Franklin Corwin R-IL
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- John Mcnulta R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Rice Eden D-IL
- James Stewart Martin R-IL
- Isaac Clements R-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Cason R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Henry Benton Sayler R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- David Perley Lowe R-KS
- Stephen Alonzo Cobb R-KS
- William Addison Phillips R-KS
- Edward Crossland D-KY
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Charles William Milliken D-KY
- Elisha David Standiford D-KY
- William Evans Arthur D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Milton Jameson Durham D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- John Duncan Young D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Josiah Williams Begole R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Nathan Ball Bradley R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Robert Milton Speer D-PA
- Sobieski Ross R-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA
- Hiram Lawton Richmond R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- William Crutchfield R-TN
- John Morgan Bright D-TN
- Horace Harrison Harrison R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
- Thomas Whitehead D-VA
- John Thomas Harris D-VA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Rees Tate Bowen D-VA
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI
- Joel Allen Barber R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk R-WI
- Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI
- John James Davis O-WV
- John Marshall Hagans R-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- James Carroll Robinson D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- William James O'Brien D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- William Brewster Williams R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- Jason Niles R-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge R-PA
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- John Ambler Smith R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
Other votes
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