Senate roll call 450 · 41st Congress · Jul 1, 1870
To amend H. R. 2045 by providing that a two and one-half percent tax on gains, profits and incomes of all United States residents be levied only for 1871 and 18
On Jul 1, 1870, the Senate voted 23–28 (HR 2045). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–21, Democrats 0–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 members voted against their own party.
During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jul 1, 1870
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 21 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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