House roll call 90 · 43rd Congress · Mar 23, 1874
To amend H.R. 1398, by providing that the total amount of legal-tender notes of the United States issued or to be issued shall be, and shall never exceed $382,0
On Mar 23, 1874, the House voted 74–173 (HR 1398). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 56–113, Democrats 17–58, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 73 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
- 74
- No
- 173
- Did not vote
- 56
- Date
- Mar 23, 1874
By party
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans56 yes · 113 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 58 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT voted yes
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT voted yes
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA voted yes
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- John Blake Rice R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- William Brown Read D-KY voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Hooper 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
- William James O'Brien 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
- Henry Waldron R-MI voted yes
- George Willard R-MI voted yes
- William Henry Stone D-MO voted yes
- Jason Niles R-MS voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH voted yes
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ voted yes
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted yes
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ voted yes
- Charles West Kendall D-NV voted yes
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY voted yes
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY voted yes
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox 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
- 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
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY voted yes
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY voted yes
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY voted yes
- Lyman Tremain R-NY voted yes
- John Quincy Smith R-OH voted yes
- James Abram Garfield R-OH voted yes
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH voted yes
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Washington Townsend R-PA voted yes
- Hiester Clymer D-PA voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- John Alexander Magee D-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI voted yes
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI voted yes
- William Smith Herndon D-TX voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT voted yes
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted yes
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frederick George Bromberg O-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- Aylett Rains Cotton R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- John Blake Rice R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- William Brown Read D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Henry Lillie Pierce R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch R-MA
- Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William James O'Brien 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
- Henry Waldron R-MI
- George Willard R-MI
- William Henry Stone D-MO
- Jason Niles R-MS
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Hosea Washington Parker D-NH
- Robert Hamilton D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Marcus Lawrence Ward R-NJ
- Charles West Kendall D-NV
- Henry Joel Scudder R-NY
- Stewart Lyndon Woodford R-NY
- Philip Schuyler Crooke R-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Daniel Lawson R-NY
- David Batcheller Mellish R-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter 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
- Horace Boardman Smith R-NY
- George Gilbert Hoskins R-NY
- Lyman Kidder Bass R-NY
- Lyman Tremain R-NY
- John Quincy Smith R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Richard Chappel Parsons R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- Hiester Clymer D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- John Alexander Magee D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Benjamin Tucker Eames R-RI
- James Monroe Pendleton R-RI
- William Smith Herndon D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- George Whitman Hendee R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Alexander Mitchell D-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Thomas Rapier R-AL
- Charles Pelham R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- John Henry Caldwell D-AL
- Joseph Humphrey Sloss D-AL
- Charles Christopher Sheats R-AL
- Asa Hodges R-AR
- Oliver P. Snyder R-AR
- William Joseph Hynes O-AR
- Charles Clayton R-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John King Luttrell D-CA
- Sherman Otis Houghton R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Josiah Thomas Walls R-FL
- William James Purman R-FL
- Morgan Rawls D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Henry Richard Harris D-GA
- James Crawford Freeman R-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- Hiram Parks Bell D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William G. Donnan R-IA
- Henry Otis Pratt R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Jackson Orr R-IA
- 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
- William Henry Ray R-IL
- Robert McCarty Knapp D-IL
- James Carroll Robinson 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 Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Simeon Kalfius Wolfe D-IN
- 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
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Moses Whelock Field R-MI
- William Brewster Williams 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
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- John Thomas Averill R-MN
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- Robert Anthony Hatcher D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Harrison Eugene Havens R-MO
- Abram Comingo D-MO
- Isaac Charles Parker R-MO
- Ira Barnes Hyde R-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- John Montgomery Glover D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Albert Richards Howe R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- James Madison Leach D-NC
- Thomas Samuel Ashe D-NC
- William McKendree Robbins D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Lorenzo Crounse R-NE
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins R-NJ
- Amos Clark Jr. R-NJ
- Isaac Williamson Scudder R-NJ
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- William Randall Roberts D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Osborne Whitehouse D-NY
- David Miller De Witt D-NY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn R-NY
- Clinton Levi Merriam R-NY
- William Esselstyne Lansing R-NY
- Rodolphus Holland Duell R-NY
- William Henry Lamport R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Freeman Clarke R-NY
- Walter Loomis Sessions R-NY
- Milton Sayler D-OH
- Henry Blackstone Banning O-OH
- Lewis B. Gunckel R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood R-OH
- Lawrence Talbot Neal D-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James Wallace Robinson R-OH
- Charles Foster R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Milton Isaiah Southard D-OH
- John Berry D-OH
- William Peter Sprague R-OH
- Lorenzo Danford R-OH
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth R-OH
- James Monroe R-OH
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Weinland Killinger R-PA
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker R-PA
- James Dale Strawbridge 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
- Alexander Wilson Taylor R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Lemuel Todd R-PA
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh 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
- Barbour Lewis R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- De Witt Clinton Giddings D-TX
- James Beverley Sener R-VA
- John Ambler Smith 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
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-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
- Alexander White R-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Wallace Wilshire R-AR
- James Rush Lofland R-DE
- Andrew Sloan R-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield D-IL
- Granville Barrere R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Young Brown D-KY
- Effingham Lawrence D-LA
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- George Luke Smith R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- George Augustus Sheridan O-LA
- John McKeown Snow Williams R-MA
- Alvah Crocker R-MA
- Charles Abbot Stevens R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel Freeman Hersey R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Wilder De Ayr Foster R-MI
- Edwin Obed Stanard R-MO
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden D-MO
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas R-NC
- Alfred Moore Waddell D-NC
- William Alexander Smith R-NC
- William Bradbury Small R-NH
- John Wright Hazelton R-NJ
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden O-NY
- Thomas James Creamer D-NY
- Richard Schell D-NY
- Charles St. John R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Charles Nelson Lamison D-OH
- Hugh Judge Jewett D-OH
- William Edward Finck D-OH
- James Soloman Biery R-PA
- Ebenezer Mcjunkin R-PA
- John McCandless Thompson R-PA
- William Sutton Moore R-PA
- Charles Albright R-PA
- Lewis Cass Carpenter R-SC
- Robert Brown Elliott R-SC
- Richard Harvey Cain R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- William Pinkney Mclean D-TX
- Asa Hoxie Willie D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- William Henry Harrison Stowell R-VA
- Alexander Mathews Davis D-VA
- Christopher Yancy Thomas R-VA
Other votes
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