House roll call 334 · 48th Congress · Mar 3, 1885
To suspend the rules and pass S. 2530 (23 stat 434-mar. 03, 1885), a bill authorizing an additional appointment on the retired list of the army. (p. 2566)
On Mar 3, 1885, the House voted 198–78 (S 2530). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 96–75, Republicans 97–2, Others 5–2, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 77 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
- 198
- No
- 78
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Mar 3, 1885
By party
- Democrats96 yes · 75 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Republicans97 yes · 2 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted no
- Luke Pryor D-AL voted no
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted no
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted no
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA voted no
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted no
- Seaborn Reese D-GA voted no
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA voted no
- William Henry Neece D-IL voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN voted no
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN voted no
- James Franklin Clay D-KY voted no
- John Edward Halsell D-KY voted no
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- George Washington Covington D-MD voted no
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted no
- George Lewis Yaple 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
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted no
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted no
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted no
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS voted no
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted no
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC voted no
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted no
- James Wesley Reid D-NC voted no
- Clement Dowd D-NC voted no
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted no
- Perry Belmont D-NY voted no
- William David Hill D-OH voted no
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
- John Augustus Swope D-PA voted no
- John Denniston Patton D-PA voted no
- John James Hemphill D-SC voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- Richard Warner D-TN voted no
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN voted no
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN voted no
- John May Taylor D-TN voted no
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted no
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- James Henry Jones D-TX voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Olin Wellborn D-TX voted no
- James Francis Miller D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted no
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA voted no
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted no
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted no
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA voted no
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted no
- William Thompson Price R-WI voted no
- Eustace Gibson D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- John Frederick Finerty O-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
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston 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
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- 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
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch 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
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-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
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-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
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John Winans D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner 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
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- George Lewis Yaple 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
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- 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
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William David Hill D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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