To amend H.R. 2322, by taxing bulk SALT at 9 cents per 100 pounds, and packaged SALT (if no more than 224 pounds), an additional duty of 6 cents per package.

On May 30, 1872, the Senate voted 24–33 (HR 2322). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–18, Democrats 0–14, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 members voted against their own party.

During the 42nd Congress (1871–1872), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 24
No: 33
Did not vote: 18
Date: May 30, 1872

By party

Republicans24 yes · 18 no · 14 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
James Harlan R-IA voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
Adelbert Ames R-MS voted no
James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
John Pool R-NC voted no
Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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