Senate roll call 471 · 51st Congress · Feb 18, 1891
To amend H. R. 10881, by permitting the importation of any articles so copyrighted, the author, inventor, designer or proprietor of which is a citizen, subject
On Feb 18, 1891, the Senate voted 36–24 (HR 10881). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–25, Democrats 25–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 36
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 18, 1891
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 25 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- John Beard Allen R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis 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
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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