To limit debate on the pending amendment to H.R. 5461 to five minutes. (p. 365)

On Dec 19, 1884, the House voted 157–58 (HR 5461). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 135–3, Republicans 20–53, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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: 157
No: 58
Did not vote: 124
Date: Dec 19, 1884

By party

Democrats135 yes · 3 no · 63 didn’t vote
Republicans20 yes · 53 no · 51 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 2 no · 8 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Herbert Budd D-CA voted no
Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted no
David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted yes
James Wilson R-IA voted yes
Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA voted yes
Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA voted yes
Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted yes
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
Thomas Ryan R-KS voted yes
Lewis Hanback R-KS voted yes
Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted yes
William Wirt Culbertson R-KY voted yes
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted yes
Ossian Ray R-NH voted yes
Darwin Rush James R-NY voted yes
George Washington Ray R-NY voted yes
Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY voted yes
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted yes
William Wallace Brown R-PA voted yes
Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted yes
Richard William Guenther R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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