House roll call 78 · 48th Congress · Apr 21, 1884
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 3056 (23 stat 118july 05, 1884), a bill constituting a bureau of navigation in the treasury department. (p. 3193-2)
On Apr 21, 1884, the House voted 168–47 (HR 3056). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 90–46, Republicans 78–0, Others 2–1. 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
- 168
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 122
- Date
- Apr 21, 1884
By party
- Democrats90 yes · 46 no · 65 didn’t vote
- Republicans78 yes · 0 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- Thomas Williams D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted no
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA voted no
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted no
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA voted no
- Aaron Shaw D-IL voted no
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted no
- John Edward Lamb D-IN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN voted no
- Robert Lowry D-IN voted no
- James Franklin Clay D-KY voted no
- John Edward Halsell D-KY voted no
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted no
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted no
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO voted no
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted no
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO 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
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted no
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ voted no
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ voted no
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted no
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted no
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- George Adams Post D-PA voted no
- John Denniston Patton D-PA voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- Richard Warner D-TN voted no
- John May Taylor D-TN voted no
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Olin Wellborn D-TX voted no
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-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
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis 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
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Tyre York O-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John Winans D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
Did not vote
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Bratton 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 Goff Ballentine D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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