Senate roll call 67 · 43rd Congress · Feb 19, 1874
To amend S. 432, by reporting a free banking bill providing that United States treasury notes may be converted into low-interest bonds or gold coin, at the opti
On Feb 19, 1874, the Senate voted 26–30 (S 432). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–21, Democrats 7–6, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 26
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 19, 1874
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 21 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- 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
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-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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