JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<table id="tableOne">
<tr>
<td>One</td>
<td>Two</td>
<td>Three</td>
<td>Four</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table id="tableTwo">
<tr>
<td>One</td>
<td>Two</td>
<td>Three</td>
<td>Four</td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="button" value="test" id="testButton"/>
JavaScript
$('#testButton').click(function(){
$('#tableTwo td').prev().after('<td>test</td>');
});