Senate roll call 98 · 43rd Congress · Apr 1, 1874
To amend S. 617, by submitting pennsylvania in lieu of new york state as a base for issue of additional national bank circulations.
On Apr 1, 1874, the Senate voted 25–26 (S 617). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–15, Democrats 6–9, Others 2–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 25
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 1, 1874
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 9 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- 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
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- 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
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- 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
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison 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
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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