Senate roll call 373 · 45th Congress · Jan 20, 1879
To amend S. 300, by providing that if nominal damages are recovered in infringement suits where the defendant merely purchased the article, the subject of the i
On Jan 20, 1879, the Senate voted 14–27 (S 300). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–16, Republicans 7–13, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jan 20, 1879
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 13 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 16 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Other votes
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