Senate roll call 459 · 51st Congress · Feb 14, 1891
To amend H. R. 10881, by making it unlawful, during the existence of a copyright, for any person not being a proprietor of the copyright or some person authoriz
On Feb 14, 1891, the Senate voted 29–24 (HR 10881). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–25, Democrats 24–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 29
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 14, 1891
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 25 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- 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
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD 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
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman 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
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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
- 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
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar 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
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- 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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