To agree to an amendment to H.R. 8256 appropriating $300,000 for debts and awards of the industrial and cotton centennial exposition at new orleans, to be disbu

On Feb 27, 1885, the House voted 205–58 (HR 8256). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 117–47, Republicans 82–11, Others 7–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 58 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: 205
No: 58
Did not vote: 74
Date: Feb 27, 1885

By party

Democrats117 yes · 47 no · 37 didn’t vote
Republicans82 yes · 11 no · 31 didn’t vote
Others7 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA voted no
James Burns Belford R-CO voted no
William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
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
Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
John Robert Thomas R-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
John Edward Halsell D-KY voted no
Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted no
William Cotter Maybury D-MI voted no
Julius Houseman D-MI voted no
William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted no
Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
William Mcadoo D-NJ voted no
George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox 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 no
Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY voted no
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY voted no
John Arnot Jr. D-NY voted no
Robert Smith Stevens D-NY voted no
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted no
George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH voted no
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA voted no
William Wallace Brown R-PA voted no
Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA voted no
James Herron Hopkins D-PA voted no
John Denniston Patton D-PA voted no
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
George William Dargan D-SC voted no
Richard Warner D-TN voted no
John May Taylor D-TN voted no
Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted no
Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted no
Charles Stewart D-TX voted no
David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
Olin Wellborn D-TX voted no
James Francis Miller D-TX voted no
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
Peter Victor Deuster D-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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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to an amendment to H.R. 8256…: House Vote, Feb 27, 1885,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-H-310/to-agree-to-an-amendment-to-h-r-8256 (accessed 2026-10-16).