House roll call 166 · 48th Congress · Jul 3, 1884
To consider business on speakers table. (p. 5979-2)
On Jul 3, 1884, the House voted 163–39. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 78–37, Republicans 80–0, Others 4–2, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 37 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
- 39
- Did not vote
- 137
- Date
- Jul 3, 1884
By party
- Democrats78 yes · 37 no · 86 didn’t vote
- Republicans80 yes · 0 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
- 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
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted no
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted no
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA voted no
- James Franklin Clay D-KY voted no
- John Edward Halsell D-KY voted no
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted no
- Carleton Hunt D-LA voted no
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO voted no
- John Cosgrove D-MO voted no
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO voted no
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted no
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted no
- Perry Belmont D-NY voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted no
- George William Dargan D-SC voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- John May Taylor D-TN voted no
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted no
- James Henry Jones D-TX voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- John Hancock D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA voted no
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted no
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA voted no
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- 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
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- 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
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-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
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-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
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. 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
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch 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
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-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
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-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
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Richard Warner D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John Winans D-WI
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Mutchler D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
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
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp 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
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson 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
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- William David Hill D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-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
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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