To adjourn, made during debate on resolution relating to amendment to rules, for purpose of terminating debate on same. (p. 1177)

On Feb 2, 1885, the House voted 70–104. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 61–52, Republicans 8–50, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 60 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: 70
No: 104
Did not vote: 165
Date: Feb 2, 1885

By party

Democrats61 yes · 52 no · 88 didn’t vote
Republicans8 yes · 50 no · 66 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted no
William Starke Rosecrans D-CA voted no
James Herbert Budd D-CA voted no
Charles Allen Sumner 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
John Robert Thomas R-IL voted yes
John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN voted no
Robert Lowry D-IN 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
Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI voted yes
James Beach Wakefield R-MN voted yes
Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted no
Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted no
Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted no
Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted no
James Wesley Reid D-NC voted no
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
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
William Dorsheimer D-NY voted no
John Joseph Adams 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
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
James Bowen Everhart R-PA voted yes
Daniel Ward Connolly 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
Burr W. Jones D-WI voted no
Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted no
William Thompson Price R-WI voted yes
Nathan Goff R-WV voted yes
William Lyne Wilson 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-266/to-adjourn-made-during-debate-on-resolution-relating-to (accessed 2026-10-15).