House roll call 207 · 48th Congress · Dec 18, 1884
To table a motion to reconsider the vote by which the house agreed to amend an amendment to H.R. 5461 providing that railroad companies may classify its passeng
On Dec 18, 1884, the House voted 140–108 (HR 5461). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 39–107, Republicans 96–0, Others 4–1, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 140
- No
- 108
- Did not vote
- 91
- Date
- Dec 18, 1884
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 107 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Republicans96 yes · 0 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT voted yes
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA 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
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN voted yes
- Robert Lowry D-IN voted yes
- Carleton Hunt D-LA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted yes
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD 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
- 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
- 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
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted yes
- William David Hill D-OH voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted yes
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH voted yes
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted yes
- George Adams Post D-PA voted yes
- John Winans D-WI voted yes
- Burr W. Jones D-WI voted yes
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes 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
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- Robert Lowry 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
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- 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
- William Augustus Russell 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
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. 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
- 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
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver 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
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- 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
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-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
- 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
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- 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
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- 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
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams 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
- 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 Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- 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
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton 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
- Courtland Cushing Matson 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
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan 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
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin 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 William Dargan 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
- 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
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Isaac S. Struble 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
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- John Hancock D-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
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
Other votes
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