To adjourn, made during debate on resolution relating to amendment to rules; for the purpose of terminating debate on same. (p. 1175)

On Feb 2, 1885, the House voted 96–132. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 81–61, Republicans 13–67, Others 2–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 74 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: 96
No: 132
Did not vote: 111
Date: Feb 2, 1885

By party

Democrats81 yes · 61 no · 59 didn’t vote
Republicans13 yes · 67 no · 44 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted no
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 Cullen R-IL voted yes
Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN voted no
George Washington Steele R-IN voted yes
Robert Lowry D-IN voted no
Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted yes
Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted yes
Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY voted no
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
John Floyd King D-LA voted no
Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA voted no
Patrick Andrew Collins 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
Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI voted yes
Julius Houseman D-MI voted no
James Beach Wakefield R-MN voted yes
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
Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted no
Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted no
William Ruffin Cox D-NC 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
Samuel Sullivan Cox 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
Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY voted no
Robert Smith Stevens D-NY voted no
William Findlay Rogers 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
David Raymond Paige D-OH voted no
Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted no
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
George Adams Post D-PA voted no
Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted yes
Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA voted no
Samuel Dibble D-SC voted no
John Bratton D-SC voted no
George William Dargan D-SC voted no
Robert Smalls R-SC voted yes
Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted no
Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted no
William Thompson Price R-WI voted yes
William Lyne Wilson D-WV voted no
Eustace Gibson D-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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Capitol Receipts, “To adjourn, made during debate on resolution…: House Vote, Feb 2, 1885,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-H-265/to-adjourn-made-during-debate-on-resolution-relating-to (accessed 2026-10-16).