To amend section 103 of H.R. 744, which amendment proposes to impose a duty of 2 1/2% upon the net receipts under $3,000, and 5% on the excess of business of TR

On Feb 18, 1865, the House voted 84–58 (HR 744). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–49, Democrats 51–2, Others 13–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 members voted against their own party.

During the 38th Congress (1863–1864), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 84
No: 58
Did not vote: 45
Date: Feb 18, 1865

By party

Republicans20 yes · 49 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats51 yes · 2 no · 20 didn’t vote
Others13 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Augustus Brandegee R-CT voted yes
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA voted yes
Isaac Newton Arnold R-IL voted yes
Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
Ebenezer Dumont R-IN voted yes
Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA voted yes
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
John Hovey Rice R-ME voted yes
Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME voted yes
Orlando Kellogg R-NY voted yes
James Madison Marvin R-NY voted yes
Ambrose Williams Clark R-NY voted yes
De Witt Clinton Littlejohn R-NY voted yes
Freeman Clarke R-NY voted yes
James Mitchell Ashley R-OH voted yes
Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH voted yes
Martin Russell Thayer R-PA voted yes
Joseph Bailey D-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI voted yes
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
Ezra Wheeler D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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