House roll call 264 · 48th Congress · Feb 2, 1885
To adjourn, made during debate on a resolution relating to amendment to rules, for purpose of terminating debate on same. (p. 1175)
On Feb 2, 1885, the House voted 101–157. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 87–71, Republicans 12–82, Others 2–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 83 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
- 101
- No
- 157
- Did not vote
- 81
- Date
- Feb 2, 1885
By party
- Democrats87 yes · 71 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 82 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA voted no
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT voted no
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted no
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted no
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA voted no
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL voted yes
- William Cullen R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted yes
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted no
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted no
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN voted no
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted yes
- Robert Lowry D-IN voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Carleton Hunt D-LA voted no
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
- John Floyd King D-LA voted no
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA voted no
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted no
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted no
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI voted no
- Julius Houseman D-MI voted no
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Alexander Graves D-MO voted no
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted no
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO voted no
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted no
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted no
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted no
- James Wesley Reid D-NC voted no
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ voted yes
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ voted no
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted no
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted no
- Perry Belmont D-NY voted no
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY voted no
- William Dorsheimer D-NY voted no
- John Joseph Adams D-NY voted no
- John Hardy D-NY voted no
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY voted no
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted no
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY voted no
- Edward Wemple D-NY voted no
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY voted no
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY voted no
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY voted no
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted no
- John Fassett Follett D-OH voted no
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH voted no
- William David Hill D-OH voted no
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH voted no
- David Raymond Paige D-OH voted no
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted no
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA voted no
- George Adams Post D-PA voted no
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA voted no
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted no
- John Bratton D-SC voted no
- George William Dargan D-SC voted no
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted no
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted no
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI voted no
- Burr W. Jones D-WI voted no
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted no
And 3 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Williams 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
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- 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
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon 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
- William Eastin English D-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- 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
- David Browning Culberson 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
- John Winans D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Thomas Ryan 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
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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