House roll call 16 · 48th Congress · Feb 8, 1884
To amend a resolution, by providing to reestablish the committee on censes. (p. 968-1)
On Feb 8, 1884, the House voted 163–91. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 90–62, Republicans 65–28, Others 8–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 90 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
- 163
- No
- 91
- Did not vote
- 85
- Date
- Feb 8, 1884
By party
- Democrats90 yes · 62 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Republicans65 yes · 28 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- Thomas Williams D-AL voted no
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted no
- Barclay Henley D-CA voted no
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted no
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted no
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted no
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA voted no
- George Royal Davis R-IL voted no
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL voted no
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted no
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN voted no
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
- Robert Lowry D-IN voted no
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted no
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
- John Edward Halsell D-KY voted no
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA voted no
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted no
- George Washington Covington D-MD voted no
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD voted no
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD voted no
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI voted no
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted no
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI voted no
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI voted no
- Edward Breitung R-MI voted no
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO voted no
- John Cosgrove D-MO voted no
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS voted no
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC voted no
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted no
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
- Ossian Ray R-NH voted no
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ voted no
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted no
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
- John Hardy D-NY voted no
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY voted no
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH voted no
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted no
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted no
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA voted no
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA voted no
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- Richard Warner D-TN voted no
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN voted no
And 10 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler 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 Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- 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
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- John Winans D-WI
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Did not vote
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- 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
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Bratton D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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