Senate roll call 157 · 43rd Congress · May 14, 1874
To amend H.R. 1572, by extending the date of maturity to fifteen years (in lieu of ten) for government bonds of denominations of $50. Or some multiple, redeemab
On May 14, 1874, the Senate voted 31–16 (HR 1572). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–11, Democrats 10–4, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 31
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 14, 1874
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 11 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 4 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Scott R-PA 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- 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
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Alexander Caldwell 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
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
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