To adjourn the house until next monday. (p. 1513-2)

On Feb 29, 1884, the House voted 70–147. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 25–108, Republicans 42–36, Others 2–3, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 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: 70
No: 147
Did not vote: 122
Date: Feb 29, 1884

By party

Democrats25 yes · 108 no · 68 didn’t vote
Republicans42 yes · 36 no · 46 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA voted yes
Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted yes
Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted no
Seaborn Reese D-GA voted yes
David Bremner Henderson R-IA voted no
Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA voted no
Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted no
Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL voted no
George Royal Davis R-IL voted no
Reuben Ellwood R-IL voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN voted yes
George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
James Franklin Clay D-KY voted yes
Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted yes
Robert Thompson Davis R-MA voted no
John Davis Long R-MA voted no
Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted no
Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted no
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
Julius Houseman D-MI voted yes
James Beach Wakefield R-MN voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
James Nelson Burnes D-MO voted yes
Alexander Graves 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
William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted yes
Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
James Laird R-NE voted no
Darwin Rush James R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY voted no
Edward Wemple D-NY voted yes
Newton Wright Nutting R-NY voted no
Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY voted no
Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY voted yes
Henry Warner Slocum D-NY voted yes
John Watts Mccormick R-OH voted no
Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
Melvin Clark George R-OR voted no
William Wallace Brown R-PA voted no
Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA voted no
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
James Henry Jones D-TX voted yes
David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
Olin Wellborn D-TX voted yes
George Douglas Wise D-VA voted yes
George Craighead Cabell D-VA voted yes
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted no
Charles Philip Snyder D-WV voted yes

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 adjourn the house until next monday. (p…: House Vote, Feb 29, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-H-34/to-adjourn-the-house-until-next-monday-p-1513 (accessed 2026-10-17).