Senate roll call 159 · 43rd Congress · May 14, 1874
To amend H.R. 1572, by requiring national banks to retire their circulating notes from circulation before july 1, 1875, for which United States notes in like am
On May 14, 1874, the Senate voted 8–40 (HR 1572). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–30, Democrats 7–7, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 8
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 14, 1874
By party
- Republicans1 yes · 30 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 7 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- 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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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