To amend H.R. 4414, by providing for the retention of the tax on lucifer or friction matches.

On Feb 18, 1879, the Senate voted 33–27 (HR 4414). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–18, Democrats 18–8, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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: 33
No: 27
Did not vote: 22
Date: Feb 18, 1879

By party

Republicans15 yes · 18 no · 10 didn’t vote
Democrats18 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
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
William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
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
Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT 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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