Senate roll call 96 · 43rd Congress · Mar 31, 1874
To amend S. 617, by proposing that if redemption in coin is not immediately possible, the government will promise to pay, with interest, within ten years.
On Mar 31, 1874, the Senate voted 21–30 (S 617). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–18, Democrats 5–10, Others 3–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 21
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 31, 1874
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 10 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
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT 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
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- 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
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- 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
- 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 Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- 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
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
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