Senate roll call 451 · 51st Congress · Feb 9, 1891
To amend H. R. 10881 (26 stat. 1106, 3/3/1891), a bill amending the statutes of the U.S. Relating to international copy rights which amendment includes lithogr
On Feb 9, 1891, the Senate voted 27–24 (HR 10881). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–16, Democrats 10–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 26 members voted against their own party.
During the 51st Congress (1889–1890), Benjamin Harrison was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 9, 1891
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 10 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 16 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Anthony Higgins R-DE voted no
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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