House roll call 313 · 48th Congress · Feb 27, 1885
To pass H.R. 8256. (p. 2256)
On Feb 27, 1885, the House voted 169–107 (HR 8256). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 114–52, Republicans 51–49, Others 3–6, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 101 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
- 169
- No
- 107
- Did not vote
- 63
- Date
- Feb 27, 1885
By party
- Democrats114 yes · 52 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Republicans51 yes · 49 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Barclay Henley D-CA voted no
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA voted no
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA voted no
- John Turner Wait R-CT voted no
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA voted no
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA voted no
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA voted no
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted no
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted no
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
- William Cullen R-IL voted no
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted no
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL voted no
- John Robert Thomas R-IL voted no
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted no
- William Eastin English D-IN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Lewis Hanback R-KS voted no
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
- James Franklin Clay D-KY voted no
- John Edward Halsell D-KY voted no
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY voted no
- John Daugherty White R-KY voted no
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA voted no
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted no
- William Augustus Russell R-MA voted no
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted no
- George Washington Covington D-MD voted no
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted no
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI voted no
- Julius Houseman D-MI voted no
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO voted no
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted no
- John Cosgrove D-MO voted no
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted no
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted no
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted no
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC voted no
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted no
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
- John Kean R-NJ voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ voted no
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted no
- Darwin Rush James R-NY voted no
- John Hardy D-NY voted no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY voted no
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted no
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY voted no
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY voted no
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted no
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted no
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA voted no
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA voted no
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA voted no
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA voted no
- George Adams Post D-PA voted no
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
And 21 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- George Henry Craig R-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
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- 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
- Charles Frederick Crisp 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
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-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
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- James Francis Miller D-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
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John Winans D-WI
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-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
- William Eastin English D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Did not vote
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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