To recommit H.R. 5461 to the committee on commerce with instructions to report their bill as a substitute and that said bill will occupy the same status for con

On Jan 8, 1885, the House voted 93–131 (HR 5461). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–121, Republicans 70–7, Others 5–3, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 93
No: 131
Did not vote: 115
Date: Jan 8, 1885

By party

Democrats17 yes · 121 no · 63 didn’t vote
Republicans70 yes · 7 no · 47 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT voted yes
Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted yes
Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted yes
Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
John Floyd King D-LA voted yes
Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD voted yes
Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
Darwin Rush James R-NY voted no
John Joseph Adams D-NY voted yes
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY voted yes
Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY voted yes
Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
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
John Bratton D-SC voted yes
John James Hemphill D-SC voted yes
Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted yes
Nathan Goff R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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