Senate roll call 362 · 45th Congress · Dec 18, 1878
To amend S. 300, by prohibiting the recovery of damages or costs against persons who purchase patented articles for their own use, and not for resale, unless su
On Dec 18, 1878, the Senate voted 21–31 (S 300). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–9, Democrats 4–22, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 21
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Dec 18, 1878
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 22 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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