Senate roll call 103 · 43rd Congress · Apr 2, 1874
To amend S. 617, by eliminating a section which provides an increase in issue of national bank notes by $43,000,000 for circulation to national bank association
On Apr 2, 1874, the Senate voted 33–19 (S 617). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–14, Democrats 11–7, Others 2–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 33
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Apr 2, 1874
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 14 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 7 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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