To insist on Senate amendment to H.R. 1572. The Senate amendment provides that the amount of money in reserve at banks is to be determined by the amount of the

On May 29, 1874, the Senate voted 31–24 (HR 1572). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–17, Democrats 9–6, Others 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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: 24
Did not vote: 20
Date: May 29, 1874

By party

Republicans22 yes · 17 no · 12 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-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 Barrett Washburn 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
Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
James Kerr Kelly D-OR 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
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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