Senate roll call 444 · 45th Congress · Feb 18, 1879
To amend H.R. 4414, by allowing a drawback to all persons affected by this act, owning manufactured tobacco in which a $.24 internal tax has been paid, the diff
On Feb 18, 1879, the Senate voted 11–47 (HR 4414). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–29, Republicans 8–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 11
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 18, 1879
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 18 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 29 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- James Shields D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- David Davis I-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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