House roll call 66 · 48th Congress · Apr 7, 1884
To suspend rules and pass a resolution providing that it is unwise for the present Congress to abolish or reduce the tax upon spirits distilled from grain. (p.
On Apr 7, 1884, the House voted 179–33. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 107–27, Republicans 73–6, Others 4–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 33 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
- 179
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 121
- Date
- Apr 7, 1884
By party
- Democrats107 yes · 27 no · 67 didn’t vote
- Republicans73 yes · 6 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted no
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted no
- Luke Pryor D-AL voted no
- James Burns Belford R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT 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
- Seaborn Reese D-GA voted no
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA voted no
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY voted no
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted no
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted no
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
- Clement Dowd D-NC voted no
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted no
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted no
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA voted no
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted no
- William Addison Duncan D-PA voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted no
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-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
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-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
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Edward Breitung 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
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne 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
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- 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
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John Winans D-WI
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
Did not vote
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox 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
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Bratton D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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