Senate roll call 96 · 50th Congress · May 9, 1888
To amend S. 554, by providing that newspapers, magazines and periodicals shall not be entitled to copyright as provided in the bill.
On May 9, 1888, the Senate voted 12–28 (S 554). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–21, Democrats 14–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 50th Congress (1887–1888), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 9, 1888
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 8 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 21 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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