To refer H.R. 3059, tax on national bank circulation bill, to the committee on banking and currency instead of the committee on ways and means.

On Apr 20, 1874, the House voted 111–102 (HR 3059). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 105–41, Democrats 5–59, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 46 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: 111
No: 102
Did not vote: 90
Date: Apr 20, 1874

By party

Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans105 yes · 41 no · 58 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 59 no · 30 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Clayton R-CA voted no
Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL voted no
Philip Cook D-GA voted yes
George Washington Mccrary R-IA voted no
William Loughridge R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted no
John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted no
Isaac Clements R-IL voted no
Jeremiah Morrow Wilson R-IN voted no
Milton Jameson Durham D-KY voted yes
Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
James Buffinton R-MA voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted no
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Lloyd Lowndes Jr. R-MD voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Moses Whelock Field R-MI voted no
Henry Waldron R-MI voted no
William Brewster Williams R-MI voted no
Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO voted no
Robert Hamilton D-NJ voted yes
Thomas James Creamer D-NY voted yes
David Batcheller Mellish R-NY voted no
Robert Safford Hale R-NY voted no
Ellis Henry Roberts R-NY voted no
John Quincy Smith R-OH voted no
James Wallace Robinson R-OH voted no
Charles Foster R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
James Abram Garfield R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
Carlton Brandaga Curtis R-PA voted no
James Beverley Sener R-VA voted no
Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Gerry Whiting Hazelton R-WI voted no
Joel Allen Barber R-WI voted no
Alexander Stuart Mcdill R-WI voted no

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 refer H.R. 3059, tax on national bank…: House Vote, Apr 20, 1874,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/43-H-130/to-refer-h-r-3059-tax-on-national-bank (accessed 2026-10-17).