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On Feb 11, 1885, the House voted 137–113. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 116–46, Republicans 18–63, Others 3–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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: 137
No: 113
Did not vote: 89
Date: Feb 11, 1885

By party

Democrats116 yes · 46 no · 39 didn’t vote
Republicans18 yes · 63 no · 43 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted no
William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA voted no
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA voted no
Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA voted no
Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted yes
Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted yes
Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted no
Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN voted no
George Washington Steele R-IN voted yes
Thomas Ryan R-KS voted yes
Lewis Hanback R-KS voted yes
James Franklin Clay D-KY voted no
John Edward Halsell D-KY voted no
Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA voted no
John Davis Long R-MA voted yes
Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted yes
William Augustus Russell R-MA voted yes
Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted yes
Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD voted no
John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted no
George Lewis Yaple D-MI voted no
Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted no
Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI voted yes
John Cosgrove D-MO voted no
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
Robert Washington Fyan D-MO voted no
Elza Jeffords R-MS voted yes
Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted no
James Wesley Reid D-NC voted no
Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted yes
William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ voted no
Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY voted no
Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY voted yes
Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
David Raymond Paige D-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted no
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA voted no
George Adams Post D-PA voted no
Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted yes
John Denniston Patton D-PA voted no
Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA voted yes
Samuel Dibble D-SC voted no
John James Hemphill D-SC voted no
Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted no
John Hancock D-TX voted no
George Douglas Wise D-VA voted no
John Wolcott Stewart R-VT voted yes
Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI voted no
Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted no
Charles Philip Snyder 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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