To pass S. 571, a bill enabling albert fuller to have a hearing before the commissioner of patents.

On Feb 10, 1879, the Senate voted 32–20 (S 571). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–11, Republicans 16–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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: 32
No: 20
Did not vote: 30
Date: Feb 10, 1879

By party

Republicans16 yes · 9 no · 18 didn’t vote
Democrats16 yes · 11 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO voted no
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
Stanley Matthews R-OH voted no
John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
John James Patterson R-SC voted no
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted no
Richard Coke D-TX voted no
Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
Frank Hereford D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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