To order a call of the house to determine if a quorum is present. (p. 2528)

On Mar 3, 1885, the House voted 44–147. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–114, Republicans 35–28, Others 2–4, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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: 44
No: 147
Did not vote: 148
Date: Mar 3, 1885

By party

Democrats7 yes · 114 no · 80 didn’t vote
Republicans35 yes · 28 no · 61 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Herbert Budd D-CA voted yes
James Burns Belford R-CO voted no
Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA voted no
Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
William Cullen R-IL voted no
Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted no
Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted no
Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted yes
William Augustus Russell R-MA voted no
Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI voted no
Milo White R-MN voted no
Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
James Edward O'Hara R-NC voted no
Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
Ossian Ray R-NH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ voted no
George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted yes
John Joseph Adams D-NY voted yes
Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY voted no
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY voted no
Isaac M. Jordan D-OH voted yes
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
James Bowen Everhart R-PA voted no
Isaac Newton Evans R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted no
Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted yes
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 order a call of the house to determine if…: House Vote, Mar 3, 1885,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-H-331/to-order-a-call-of-the-house-to-determine (accessed 2026-10-17).