House roll call 33 · 48th Congress · Feb 28, 1884
To pass H.R. 3967 establishing a bureau of animal industry, to prevent exportation of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression of diseases amon
On Feb 28, 1884, the House voted 155–127 (HR 3967). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 52–122, Republicans 98–2, Others 6–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 54 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
- 127
- Did not vote
- 56
- Date
- Feb 28, 1884
By party
- Democrats52 yes · 122 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans98 yes · 2 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted yes
- James Herbert Budd D-CA voted yes
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA voted yes
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted yes
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA voted yes
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA voted yes
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA voted yes
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted yes
- William Henry Neece D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL voted yes
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted yes
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN voted yes
- Robert Lowry D-IN voted yes
- John Floyd King D-LA voted yes
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD voted no
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI voted yes
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted yes
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI voted yes
- Julius Houseman D-MI voted yes
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted yes
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI voted yes
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted yes
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO voted yes
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO voted yes
- Alexander Graves D-MO voted yes
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted yes
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted yes
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO voted yes
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted yes
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC voted no
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted yes
- William David Hill D-OH voted yes
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted yes
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted yes
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted yes
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN voted yes
- John May Taylor D-TN voted yes
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted yes
- John Winans D-WI voted yes
- Burr W. Jones D-WI voted yes
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
- Joseph Rankin D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-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
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-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
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- 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
- 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
- Ezra Child Carleton 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
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- 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
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-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
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William David Hill 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
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- 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
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John Winans D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates 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
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- 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
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-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
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne 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
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly 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
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine 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
- 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
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson 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
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- 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
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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