Senate roll call 92 · 43rd Congress · Mar 31, 1874
To amend S. 617, by increasing from 70 per cent to 90 per cent the amount of United States notes the secretary of treasury is required to retire from already ci
On Mar 31, 1874, the Senate voted 20–37 (S 617). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–25, Democrats 7–11, Others 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 20
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 31, 1874
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 25 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 11 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE 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 Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- 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
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- 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 James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- 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
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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