To amend H. J. RES. 154 (23 stat-268-feb. 15, 1884), a resolution appropriating $300,000 for the relief of sufferers of the flood of the ohio river and its trib

On Feb 11, 1884, the House voted 109–150 (HJR 154). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 52–108, Republicans 56–39, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 91 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: 109
No: 150
Did not vote: 79
Date: Feb 11, 1884

By party

Democrats52 yes · 108 no · 41 didn’t vote
Republicans56 yes · 39 no · 29 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 4 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted yes
William Starke Rosecrans D-CA voted yes
Charles Allen Sumner D-CA voted yes
Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT voted yes
Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted yes
John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA voted yes
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA voted yes
Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted no
Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
William Henry Neece D-IL voted yes
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL voted yes
Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted yes
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted yes
Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN voted yes
William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted yes
John Edward Lamb D-IN voted yes
Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN voted yes
George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
James Franklin Clay D-KY voted yes
Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY voted yes
Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted yes
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted yes
Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted yes
Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA voted yes
John Davis Long R-MA voted no
Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted no
William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted no
George Lewis Yaple D-MI voted yes
Julius Houseman D-MI voted yes
Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI voted no
Edward Breitung R-MI voted no
Milo White R-MN voted no
James Beach Wakefield R-MN voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
William Henry Hatch D-MO voted yes
Alexander Graves D-MO voted yes
Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
James Edward O'Hara R-NC voted no
Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
James Laird R-NE voted no
Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH voted no
Ossian Ray R-NH voted no
John Hart Brewer R-NJ voted no
John Kean R-NJ voted no
Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ voted yes
George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted yes
William Erigena Robinson D-NY voted yes
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY voted no
Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY voted no
Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY voted no
Isaac M. Jordan D-OH voted yes
Robert Maynard Murray D-OH voted yes
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted yes
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted yes
David Raymond Paige D-OH voted yes
Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted yes
James Bowen Everhart R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted no
James Herron Hopkins D-PA voted yes
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no

And 11 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. J. RES. 154 (23 stat-268-feb…: House Vote, Feb 11, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-H-19/to-amend-h-j-res-154-23-stat-268 (accessed 2026-10-17).