Senate roll call 105 · 43rd Congress · Apr 2, 1874
To amend S. 617, by adding an additional section which provides that after june 30, 1874, one twentieth of all custom duties shall be payable in legal tender or
On Apr 2, 1874, the Senate voted 19–26 (S 617). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–24, Democrats 11–1, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 19
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Apr 2, 1874
By party
- Republicans5 yes · 24 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 1 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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