House roll call 202 · 48th Congress · Dec 17, 1884
To table a motion to reconsider the vote by which the house agreed to an amendment to H.R. 5461, prohibiting common carriers to discriminate between fare-paying
On Dec 17, 1884, the House voted 149–121 (HR 5461). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 45–120, Republicans 98–0, Others 4–1, Independents 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 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
- 149
- No
- 121
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Dec 17, 1884
By party
- Democrats45 yes · 120 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Republicans98 yes · 0 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA voted yes
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT voted yes
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted yes
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL 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
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- John Van Lear Findlay 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
- Perry Belmont D-NY voted yes
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY 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
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted yes
- William David Hill D-OH voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted yes
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted yes
- George Adams Post D-PA voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- John Winans D-WI voted yes
- Burr W. Jones D-WI voted yes
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
- Joseph Rankin D-WI voted yes
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-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
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-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
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse 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
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. 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
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-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 Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter 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
- 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
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John Winans D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Joseph Rankin 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
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley 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
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton 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
- 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
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-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
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money 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
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-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
- John Bratton 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
- Hiram Casey Young 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
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Did not vote
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- 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
- 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
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- 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
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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