Senate roll call 458 · 51st Congress · Feb 13, 1891
To amend H. R. 10881 (26 stat. 1106, 3/3/1891), amending the statutes of the U.S. Relating to international copyright laws, by eliminating a prohibition on imp
On Feb 13, 1891, the Senate voted 25–24 (HR 10881). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–24, Democrats 21–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 25
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 13, 1891
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 24 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- 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
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- John Beard Allen R-WA voted yes
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted yes
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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- 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
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- 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
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody 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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