Senate roll call 64 · 43rd Congress · Feb 18, 1874
To amend S. 432, by instructing the finance committee to report a bill increasing amount of notes circulating to $400,000,000, permitting banks to organize as n
On Feb 18, 1874, the Senate voted 16–40 (S 432). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–25, Democrats 1–15, Others 3–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 16
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 18, 1874
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 25 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 15 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood 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 White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague O-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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