House roll call 156 · 48th Congress · Jul 2, 1884
To pass H.R. 7440 (23 stat 158-july 05 1884), a bill making appropriations for fortifications and other defence works for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1885,
On Jul 2, 1884, the House voted 193–46 (HR 7440). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 149–2, Republicans 39–40, Others 4–3, Independents 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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
- 193
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 100
- Date
- Jul 2, 1884
By party
- Democrats149 yes · 2 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 40 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted yes
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA voted yes
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL voted yes
- George Royal Davis R-IL voted yes
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted yes
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL voted yes
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted yes
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted yes
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted yes
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
- John Davis Long R-MA voted yes
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted yes
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted yes
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI voted yes
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI voted yes
- Milo White R-MN voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Elza Jeffords R-MS voted yes
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted yes
- Ossian Ray R-NH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ voted yes
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted yes
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted yes
- William Wallace Brown R-PA voted yes
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted yes
- Robert Smalls R-SC voted yes
- Richard William Guenther R-WI voted yes
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted no
- Nathan Goff R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- 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
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young 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
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- William Cullen R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William David Hill D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Bratton D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- John Winans D-WI
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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