To pass H.R. 4976. (p. 2497-1)

On Apr 1, 1884, the House voted 198–45 (HR 4976). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 132–12, Republicans 61–31, Others 5–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 43 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: 45
Did not vote: 96
Date: Apr 1, 1884

By party

Democrats132 yes · 12 no · 57 didn’t vote
Republicans61 yes · 31 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Burns Belford R-CO voted no
John Turner Wait R-CT voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
George Royal Davis R-IL voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted no
Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted no
Lewis Hanback R-KS voted no
Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
Carleton Hunt D-LA voted no
John Davis Long R-MA voted no
Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted no
Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
William Augustus Russell R-MA voted no
William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted no
Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted no
Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI voted no
Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI voted no
Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI voted no
Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH voted no
John Kean R-NJ voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
Darwin Rush James R-NY voted no
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY voted no
Abraham X. Parker R-NY voted no
Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted no
John Denniston Patton D-PA voted no
Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
John James Hemphill D-SC voted no
George William Dargan D-SC voted no
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
John Wolcott Stewart R-VT voted no
Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
Richard William Guenther 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 pass H.R. 4976. (p. 2497-1): House Vote, Apr 1, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-H-61/to-pass-h-r-4976-p-2497-1 (accessed 2026-10-17).