To adjourn the house. (p. 1048)

On Jan 28, 1885, the House voted 80–111. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 36–90, Republicans 43–18, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 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: 80
No: 111
Did not vote: 148
Date: Jan 28, 1885

By party

Democrats36 yes · 90 no · 75 didn’t vote
Republicans43 yes · 18 no · 63 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted yes
Luke Pryor D-AL voted yes
Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT voted yes
Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted yes
Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted no
Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted yes
James Wilson R-IA voted no
Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted no
Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY voted yes
Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted yes
John Daugherty White R-KY voted no
Carleton Hunt D-LA voted yes
Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted yes
John Floyd King D-LA voted yes
John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted yes
Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI voted no
Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted yes
Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted yes
James Edward O'Hara R-NC voted no
Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE voted no
Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH voted no
Perry Belmont D-NY voted yes
Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
William Dorsheimer D-NY voted yes
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY voted yes
Waldo Hutchins D-NY voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY voted yes
Edward Wemple D-NY voted yes
Newton Wright Nutting R-NY voted no
Robert Smith Stevens D-NY voted yes
William Findlay Rogers D-NY voted yes
Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
William David Hill D-OH voted yes
Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted yes
George Leroy Converse D-OH voted yes
Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted yes
Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
David Raymond Paige D-OH voted yes
William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
George Adams Post D-PA voted yes
William Wallace Brown R-PA voted no
Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA voted yes
Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA voted yes
John Hancock D-TX 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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Capitol Receipts, “To adjourn the house. (p. 1048): House Vote, Jan 28, 1885,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-H-256/to-adjourn-the-house-p-1048 (accessed 2026-10-17).