To amend an amendment to H.R. 4414 by reducing the tax on tobacco from 20 to 16 cents.

On Jun 5, 1878, the House voted 126–80 (HR 4414). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 115–8, Republicans 19–77, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 members voted against their own party.

During the 45th Congress (1877–1878), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Yes: 126
No: 80
Did not vote: 81
Date: Jun 5, 1878

By party

Democrats115 yes · 8 no · 35 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no
Republicans19 yes · 77 no · 46 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Levi Warner D-CT voted no
Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted yes
Rush Clark R-IA voted yes
Michael Doherty White R-IN voted yes
Anthony Friday Ittner R-MO voted yes
Nathan Cole R-MO voted yes
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R-MO voted yes
Henry Moses Pollard R-MO voted yes
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted yes
Frank Welch R-NE voted yes
Augustus William Cutler D-NJ voted no
James Way Covert D-NY voted no
Benjamin Albertson Willis D-NY voted no
Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted no
George Monroe Beebe D-NY voted no
Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY voted no
Chapman Freeman R-PA voted yes
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
Isaac Newton Evans R-PA voted yes
Levi Maish D-PA voted no
John McCandless Thompson R-PA voted yes
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted yes
Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted yes
James Henry Randolph R-TN voted yes
Joseph Jorgensen R-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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