To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 8255. (p. 2150)

On Feb 25, 1885, the House voted 239–38 (HR 8255). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 167–9, Republicans 66–27, Others 6–2, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 36 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: 239
No: 38
Did not vote: 61
Date: Feb 25, 1885

By party

Democrats167 yes · 9 no · 25 didn’t vote
Republicans66 yes · 27 no · 31 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
Lewis Hanback R-KS voted no
Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
John Daugherty White R-KY voted no
Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted no
Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted no
Hart Benton Holton R-MD voted no
Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
James Beach Wakefield R-MN voted no
John Cosgrove D-MO voted no
Elza Jeffords R-MS voted no
Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted no
Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted no
Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY voted no
Lewis Beach D-NY voted no
George Washington Ray R-NY voted no
Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY voted no
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
Isaac Newton Evans R-PA voted no
Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted no
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted no
Robert Smalls R-SC voted no
Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN voted no
Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted no
Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted no
William Thompson Price R-WI voted no
Isaac Stephenson R-WI 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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