House roll call 221 · 48th Congress · Jan 7, 1885
To amend H.R. 5461 by eliminating the section, making it unlawful for railroads to charge or receive any greater compensation for a similar amount and kind of p
On Jan 7, 1885, the House voted 90–128 (HR 5461). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–112, Republicans 62–14, Others 4–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 90
- No
- 128
- Did not vote
- 121
- Date
- Jan 7, 1885
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 112 no · 65 didn’t vote
- Republicans62 yes · 14 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted yes
- James Herbert Budd D-CA voted yes
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT voted yes
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted yes
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA voted yes
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA voted yes
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA voted yes
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted yes
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted yes
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted yes
- Clement Dowd D-NC voted yes
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
- Perry Belmont D-NY voted yes
- William Dorsheimer D-NY voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY voted yes
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH voted no
- Melvin Clark George R-OR voted no
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA voted no
- George Adams Post D-PA voted yes
- William Wallace Brown R-PA voted no
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN voted no
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted no
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- James Wilson 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
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- 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 Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon 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
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner 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
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-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
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- 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
- 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
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-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
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- 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
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John Winans D-WI
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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