To adjourn because of apparent lack of quorum, made during debate on resolution relating to amendment of rules. (p. 1177)

On Feb 2, 1885, the House voted 65–84. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 56–42, Republicans 8–41, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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: 65
No: 84
Did not vote: 190
Date: Feb 2, 1885

By party

Democrats56 yes · 42 no · 103 didn’t vote
Republicans8 yes · 41 no · 75 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

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
Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA 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
Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted yes
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
Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted yes
William Cotter Maybury D-MI voted no
Julius Houseman D-MI voted no
James Beach Wakefield R-MN voted yes
John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted no
Ethelbert Barksdale 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
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
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
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
James Bowen Everhart R-PA voted yes
George Adams Post D-PA voted no
Samuel Dibble D-SC voted no
John Bratton D-SC voted no
Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA 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
Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted yes
Nathan Goff R-WV 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 because of apparent lack of…: House Vote, Feb 2, 1885,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-H-267/to-adjourn-because-of-apparent-lack-of-quorum-made (accessed 2026-10-17).