To concur in an amendment to H.R. 4414, by eliminating the provision repealing so much of section 3437 of the revised statutes as provides for a tax on lucifer

On Feb 18, 1879, the Senate voted 30–32 (HR 4414). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–21, Democrats 20–10, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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: 30
No: 32
Did not vote: 20
Date: Feb 18, 1879

By party

Republicans10 yes · 21 no · 12 didn’t vote
Democrats20 yes · 10 no · 8 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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