House roll call 103 · 48th Congress · May 22, 1884
To take up for consideration in accordance with the special order of february 18, the bill H.R. 6771, supplementary to an act to aid in the construction of a ra
On May 22, 1884, the House voted 76–130 (HR 6771). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 68–59, Republicans 8–64, Others 0–6, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 67 members voted against their own party.
During the 48th Congress (1883–1884), Chester A. Arthur was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 76
- No
- 130
- Did not vote
- 133
- Date
- May 22, 1884
By party
- Democrats68 yes · 59 no · 74 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 64 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Taylor Jones D-AL voted no
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted no
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted no
- Luke Pryor D-AL voted no
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted no
- Barclay Henley D-CA voted no
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA voted no
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA voted no
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted no
- James Wilson R-IA voted yes
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN voted no
- William Eastin English D-IN voted no
- John Edward Lamb D-IN voted no
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted no
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted no
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted no
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted no
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI voted no
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted no
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted no
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted no
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ voted no
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ voted no
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY voted no
- William Dorsheimer D-NY voted no
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY voted no
- Edward Wemple D-NY voted no
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY voted no
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH voted no
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH voted no
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
- David Raymond Paige D-OH voted no
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted no
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted no
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA voted no
- George Adams Post D-PA voted no
- William Wallace Brown R-PA voted yes
- William Addison Duncan D-PA voted no
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- Richard Warner D-TN voted no
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN voted no
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted no
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted no
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Burr W. Jones D-WI voted no
- Richard William Guenther R-WI voted yes
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Did not vote
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Winans D-WI
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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