Senate roll call 468 · 51st Congress · Feb 17, 1891
To amend H. R. 10881, by permitting american copies of a foreign authors work to be produced in the United States by any process of art which may be fitting for
On Feb 17, 1891, the Senate voted 18–27 (HR 10881). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–27, Democrats 16–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 18
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 17, 1891
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 2 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 27 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
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