House roll call 229 · 48th Congress · Jan 8, 1885
To pass a motion providing that when the house adjourns today it do so until next monday. (p558)
On Jan 8, 1885, the House voted 41–163. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 29–100, Republicans 11–55, Others 1–7, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 40 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
- 41
- No
- 163
- Did not vote
- 135
- Date
- Jan 8, 1885
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 100 no · 72 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 55 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Williams D-AL voted yes
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA voted yes
- George Royal Davis R-IL voted yes
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted yes
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY voted yes
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted yes
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted yes
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO voted yes
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted yes
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY voted yes
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- William David Hill D-OH voted yes
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted yes
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted yes
- John Augustus Swope D-PA voted yes
- John Denniston Patton D-PA voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN voted yes
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN voted yes
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted yes
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted yes
- James Francis Miller D-TX voted yes
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-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
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- John Winans D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson 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
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-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
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- 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
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-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
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
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