House roll call 200 · 48th Congress · Dec 16, 1884
To amend H.R. 5461 by prohibiting discrimination between fare-paying interstate railroad passengers holding same class of ticket. (p. 297)
On Dec 16, 1884, the House voted 134–97 (HR 5461). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–97, Republicans 84–0, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 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
- 134
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 106
- Date
- Dec 16, 1884
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 97 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Republicans84 yes · 0 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA voted yes
- James Herbert Budd 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
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted yes
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA voted yes
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA voted yes
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- John Edward Lamb D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN voted yes
- Robert Lowry D-IN voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted yes
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD voted yes
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted yes
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI voted yes
- Julius Houseman D-MI voted yes
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted yes
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI voted yes
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY voted yes
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted yes
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY voted yes
- Edward Wemple D-NY voted yes
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY voted yes
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY voted yes
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY voted yes
- John Fassett Follett D-OH voted yes
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH voted yes
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted yes
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted yes
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA voted yes
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- John Winans D-WI voted yes
- Burr W. Jones D-WI voted yes
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted yes
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-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
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- 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
- Edward Breitung 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
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-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
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens 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
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- John Winans D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- 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
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-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
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Hancock 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
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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