To table an amendment to H. R. 3064 providing that all laws or parts of laws imposing duty on foreign coal be, and are hereby repealed, taking affect at once.

On Mar 3, 1871, the Senate voted 15–35 (HR 3064). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–29, Democrats 4–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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: 15
No: 35
Did not vote: 30
Date: Mar 3, 1871

By party

Republicans11 yes · 29 no · 27 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
George Vickers D-MD voted yes
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
John Sherman R-OH voted yes
George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
John Scott R-PA voted yes
William Sprague R-RI voted yes
John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV 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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