To pass a substitute resolution providing that jonathan h. Wallace was not elected as a representative to 48th Congress from eighteenth district of ohio.

On May 27, 1884, the House voted 108–158. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–158, Republicans 98–2, Others 5–2, Independents 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 10 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: 108
No: 158
Did not vote: 65
Date: May 27, 1884

By party

Democrats8 yes · 158 no · 35 didn’t vote
Republicans98 yes · 2 no · 24 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY voted yes
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted yes
John Daugherty White R-KY voted no
William Dorsheimer D-NY voted yes
Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY voted yes
Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted yes
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
Richard William Guenther R-WI voted no
Eustace Gibson D-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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