To table a motion to reconsider vote, for purpose of sustaining refusal of a call of the house. (p. 2528)

On Mar 3, 1885, the House voted 151–54. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 107–19, Republicans 41–30, Others 3–4, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 49 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: 151
No: 54
Did not vote: 134
Date: Mar 3, 1885

By party

Democrats107 yes · 19 no · 75 didn’t vote
Republicans41 yes · 30 no · 53 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted no
Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA voted no
John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted no
John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted no
Lewis Hanback R-KS voted no
Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted no
Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted no
Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
Julius Houseman D-MI voted no
Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO voted no
Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted no
John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted no
Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted no
James Wesley Reid D-NC voted no
James Laird R-NE voted no
Ossian Ray R-NH voted no
John Kean R-NJ voted no
Perry Belmont D-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY voted no
Newton Wright Nutting R-NY voted no
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY voted no
Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY voted no
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA voted no
Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted no
Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted no
Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
Robert Smalls R-SC voted no
Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted no
George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Richard William Guenther R-WI voted no
Isaac Stephenson R-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 table a motion to reconsider vote, for…: House Vote, Mar 3, 1885,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-H-330/to-table-a-motion-to-reconsider-vote-for-purpose (accessed 2026-10-16).