Senate roll call 460 · 51st Congress · Feb 14, 1891
To amend H. R. 10881, by eliminating the provision requiring the two copies of copyright in the copyritht office, to be produced entirely within the U.S. (p.2
On Feb 14, 1891, the Senate voted 16–39 (HR 10881). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–35, Democrats 17–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 16
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 14, 1891
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 5 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 35 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- 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 Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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