House roll call 31 · 48th Congress · Feb 28, 1884
To amend H.R. 3967 (23 stat. 31, 5/21/84), a bill establishing a bureau of animal industry to prevent exportation of diseased cattle and to provide means to sup
On Feb 28, 1884, the House voted 155–116 (HR 3967). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 150–17, Republicans 3–97, Others 4–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 155
- No
- 116
- Did not vote
- 64
- Date
- Feb 28, 1884
By party
- Democrats150 yes · 17 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 97 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA voted no
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted no
- William Henry Neece D-IL voted no
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted no
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA voted yes
- William Whitney Rice R-MA voted yes
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI voted no
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted no
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ voted no
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted no
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN voted yes
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- John Winans D-WI voted no
- Burr W. Jones D-WI voted no
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. 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
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John Winans D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Did not vote
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- William Eastin English D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Bratton D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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