To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 5667, a bill granting pensions to soldiers and sailors of the mexican war. (p. 1569-1)

On Mar 3, 1884, the House voted 227–46 (HR 5667). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 172–3, Republicans 51–43, Others 6–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 46 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: 227
No: 46
Did not vote: 63
Date: Mar 3, 1884

By party

Democrats172 yes · 3 no · 26 didn’t vote
Republicans51 yes · 43 no · 30 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Turner Wait R-CT voted no
Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted no
Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
John Davis Long R-MA voted no
Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
Eben Francis Stone R-MA voted no
William Augustus Russell R-MA voted no
William Whiting R-MA voted no
Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted no
Hart Benton Holton R-MD voted no
Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted no
Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI voted no
Ossian Ray R-NH voted no
John Hart Brewer R-NJ voted no
John Kean R-NJ voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Darwin Rush James R-NY voted no
Abraham X. Parker R-NY voted no
George Washington Ray R-NY voted no
Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY voted no
Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY voted no
John Arnot Jr. D-NY voted no
Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY voted no
Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted no
William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted no
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
James Bowen Everhart R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
William Wallace Brown R-PA voted no
Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted no
Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
John Wolcott Stewart R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
William Thompson Price 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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