House roll call 315 · 48th Congress · Feb 28, 1885
To adjourn the house. (p. 2325)
On Feb 28, 1885, the House voted 109–83. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 57–60, Republicans 50–21, Others 2–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 78 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
- 109
- No
- 83
- Did not vote
- 147
- Date
- Feb 28, 1885
By party
- Democrats57 yes · 60 no · 84 didn’t vote
- Republicans50 yes · 21 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Luke Pryor D-AL voted yes
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted yes
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted yes
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted no
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted yes
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA voted yes
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted yes
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted yes
- Seaborn Reese D-GA voted yes
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted yes
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA voted no
- James Milton Riggs D-IL voted yes
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted no
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted no
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted no
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted yes
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
- Edward Breitung R-MI voted no
- Milo White R-MN voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted yes
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted yes
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
- Elza Jeffords R-MS voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted yes
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted yes
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS voted yes
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC voted no
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted yes
- James Wesley Reid D-NC voted yes
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE voted no
- Ossian Ray R-NH voted no
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ voted yes
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
- John Hardy D-NY voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY voted yes
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY voted yes
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted yes
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted yes
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- John Augustus Swope D-PA voted yes
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA voted yes
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA voted yes
- John Denniston Patton D-PA voted yes
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- John Bratton D-SC voted yes
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN voted yes
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted yes
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted yes
- James Henry Jones D-TX voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- James Francis Miller D-TX voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI voted yes
- Burr W. Jones D-WI voted yes
- Nathan Goff R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn 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
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- John Winans D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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