Senate roll call 475 · 51st Congress · Feb 18, 1891
To amend H. R. 10881, by extending the privileges of copyright to authors and others who are citizens, subjects or residents of foreign countries and providing
On Feb 18, 1891, the Senate voted 18–33 (HR 10881). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–32, Democrats 18–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 33
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 18, 1891
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 1 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 32 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- 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
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- 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
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- 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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones 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
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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