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Senate recorded vote (45th Congress) · February 18, 1879
H.R. 4414

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 4414, BY ALLOWING A DRAWBACK TO ALL PERSONS AFFECTED BY THIS ACT, OWNING MANUFACTURED TOBACCO IN WHICH A $.24 INTERNAL TAX HAS BEEN PAID, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT TAX AND THE REDUCED TAX OF TH…

AmendmentTaxes & tariffs
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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

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The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

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The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
  • This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

What was on the floor

Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. The original text lives in the printed Statutes at Large and the Journals of Congress.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 4414

June 3, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 4414 (20-STAT-327, 3/1/79), A B… · 107–93 June 5, 1878 · TO ADOPT AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4414 PROVIDING … · 108–106 June 5, 1878 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4414 BY REDUCIN… · 126–80 June 6, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 4414 BY PROVIDING FOR A TAX OF … · 137–103 June 15, 1878 · TO POSTPONE H.R. 4414 UNTIL NEXT SESSION. · 104–146 June 15, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 4414 BY PROVIDING THAT ANY PROD… · 70–132 June 15, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 4414 BY PROVIDING FOR THE ESTAB… · 94–138 June 17, 1878 · TO STRIKE OUT THE 18TH SEC., AS AMENDED, OF H… · 126–117 June 17, 1878 · TO TABLE H.R. 4414. · 112–136 June 17, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 4414 BY INSERTING AFTER LINE 29… · 179–66 June 17, 1878 · TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY… · 141–95 June 17, 1878 · TO PASS H.R. 4414. · 130–108 February 17, 1879 · TO POSTPONE H.R. 4414. · 25–37 February 17, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 4414 BY HAVING THE BILL BECOME … · 22–26 February 17, 1879 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4414, TAXING… · 14–30 February 17, 1879 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4414 ELIMINA… · 39–4 February 17, 1879 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4414, REVOKI… · 20–19 February 17, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 4414, BY PROVIDING THAT NO SAVI… · 30–17 February 18, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 4414, BY LEVYING TAX AS OF JULY… · 4–57 February 18, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 4414, BY ELIMINATING THE WORD "… · 21–42 February 18, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 4414, BY PROVIDING THAT THE COM… · 47–19 February 18, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 4414, BY EXCEPTING FROM THE PRO… · 39–19 February 18, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 4414, BY PROVIDING THAT MAY 187… · 31–30 February 18, 1879 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE AMENDMENT… · 34–30 February 18, 1879 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ADOPTING THE AMENDMENT… · 35–30 February 18, 1879 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4414 CHANGI… · 34–33 February 18, 1879 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4414 PROHIB… · 25–34 February 18, 1879 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4414, BY EL… · 30–32 February 18, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 4414, BY PROVIDING FOR THE RETE… · 33–27 February 18, 1879 · TO PASS H.R. 4414. · 45–21 February 22, 1879 · TO TABLE H.R. 4414. · 79–111 February 22, 1879 · TO CONCUR IN A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4414 … · 105–152 February 24, 1879 · TO TABLE H.R. 4414. · 116–147 February 24, 1879 · TO CONCUR IN A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4414 … · 125–132 February 27, 1879 · TO ADOPT A CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4414. · 148–116
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 7 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 27 every one voted no; 3 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
  5. Washington: no member on this roll call
  6. Idaho: no member on this roll call
  7. Montana: no member on this roll call
  8. North Dakota: no member on this roll call
  9. Minnesota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
  26. California: 2 yes, 0 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 2 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Alabama 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Colorado 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Kansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Michigan 1 yes, 0 no

Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Oregon 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 75 members

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