House roll call 72 · 48th Congress · Apr 9, 1884
To adjourn.
On Apr 9, 1884, the House voted 96–97. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 82–40, Republicans 11–55, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 51 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
- 96
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 146
- Date
- Apr 9, 1884
By party
- Democrats82 yes · 40 no · 79 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 55 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted no
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted no
- James Herbert Budd D-CA voted no
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA voted no
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted no
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted no
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Seaborn Reese D-GA voted no
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA voted no
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA voted no
- William Cullen R-IL voted yes
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN voted no
- Robert Lowry D-IN voted no
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted no
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted yes
- William Whiting R-MA voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted yes
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI voted no
- Julius Houseman D-MI voted no
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI voted no
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI voted yes
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO voted no
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted no
- Clement Dowd D-NC voted no
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ voted yes
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted no
- Darwin Rush James R-NY voted yes
- Edward Wemple D-NY voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted no
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA voted no
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA voted no
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN voted no
- James Henry Jones D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted no
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted no
- William Thompson Price R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Cullen R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- William Mutchler D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- 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
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- John Winans D-WI
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- James Wilson R-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
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-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
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- 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
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- 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 Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer 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
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Bratton D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-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
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.