Senate roll call 392 · 43rd Congress · Mar 2, 1875
To amend H.R. 4680, by striking out the second section of the bill which imposes an increased duty on tobacco.
On Mar 2, 1875, the Senate voted 25–31 (HR 4680). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–34, Democrats 20–0, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Mar 2, 1875
By party
- Republicans4 yes · 34 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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