To amend H.R. 1093 by providing that not more that 25%, the first year after passage of bill and not more than 50% the second year of any payment of duties shal

On Feb 15, 1878, the Senate voted 21–46 (HR 1093). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–21, Democrats 9–24, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 23 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: 21
No: 46
Did not vote: 13
Date: Feb 15, 1878

By party

Republicans14 yes · 21 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 24 no · 5 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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