House roll call 69 · 48th Congress · Apr 9, 1884
To pass a motion providing that the house resolve itself into committee of the whole and take up H.R. 2228 (23 stat 53-june 26, 1884), a bill removing certain b
On Apr 9, 1884, the House voted 76–157 (HR 2228). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 40–105, Republicans 34–47, Others 2–4, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 74 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
- 76
- No
- 157
- Did not vote
- 106
- Date
- Apr 9, 1884
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 105 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 47 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted yes
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted yes
- James Milton Riggs D-IL voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted yes
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted yes
- Carleton Hunt D-LA voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- John Davis Long R-MA voted yes
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- William Augustus Russell R-MA voted yes
- William Whiting R-MA voted yes
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted yes
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted yes
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME voted yes
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted yes
- Julius Houseman D-MI voted yes
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI voted yes
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted yes
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted yes
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted yes
- Ossian Ray R-NH voted yes
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ voted yes
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ voted yes
- Perry Belmont D-NY voted yes
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY voted yes
- Darwin Rush James R-NY voted yes
- Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
- William Dorsheimer D-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Adams D-NY voted yes
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted yes
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY voted yes
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY voted yes
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY voted yes
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY voted yes
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY voted yes
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY voted yes
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY voted yes
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY voted yes
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- Alphonso Hart R-OH voted yes
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted yes
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted yes
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted yes
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted yes
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted yes
- Charles Stewart D-TX voted yes
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX voted yes
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA voted yes
- Burr W. Jones D-WI voted yes
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
- William Thompson Price R-WI voted yes
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward 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
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait 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
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green 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
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox 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
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Bratton D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- John Winans D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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