Senate roll call 94 · 43rd Congress · Mar 31, 1874
To amend S. 617 by providing a practical system of redemption, and by eliminating perpetually irredeemable and inconvertible paper currency.
On Mar 31, 1874, the Senate voted 14–37 (S 617). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–23, Democrats 3–12, Others 3–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 14
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 31, 1874
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 23 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 12 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- 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
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- 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
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- 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
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- 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
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- 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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