House roll call 287 · 48th Congress · Feb 12, 1885
To table an appeal from the decision of the chair which holds that, since H.R. 8130 is neither a general appropriation nor a revenue bill, the motion limiting d
On Feb 12, 1885, the House voted 121–104. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 102–35, Republicans 18–65, Others 0–4, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 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
- 121
- No
- 104
- Did not vote
- 114
- Date
- Feb 12, 1885
By party
- Democrats102 yes · 35 no · 64 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 65 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted yes
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA voted no
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted no
- Seaborn Reese D-GA voted no
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted yes
- William Cullen R-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- John Robert Thomas R-IL voted yes
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted yes
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted yes
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY voted yes
- Carleton Hunt D-LA voted no
- George Washington Covington D-MD voted no
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted no
- Edward Breitung R-MI voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted no
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO voted no
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted no
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted no
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted no
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY voted no
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY voted no
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY voted yes
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY voted no
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY voted yes
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted yes
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted no
- Melvin Clark George R-OR voted yes
- George Adams Post D-PA voted no
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA voted no
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA voted no
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted no
- George William Dargan D-SC voted no
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN voted yes
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted no
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- 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
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Winans D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner 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
- James Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-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
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-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
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Other votes
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