To pass S. 1038 (p. 466-2)

On Jan 17, 1884, the House voted 216–64 (S 1038). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 155–14, Republicans 52–47, Others 8–3, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 61 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: 216
No: 64
Did not vote: 59
Date: Jan 17, 1884

By party

Democrats155 yes · 14 no · 32 didn’t vote
Republicans52 yes · 47 no · 25 didn’t vote
Others8 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Turner Wait R-CT voted no
George Everett Adams R-IL voted no
George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted no
Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS voted no
John Daugherty White R-KY 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
Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted no
William Augustus Russell R-MA voted no
William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
William Whiting R-MA voted no
Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD 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
Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted no
Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI voted no
Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
John Hart Brewer R-NJ voted no
Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ voted no
William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ voted no
Darwin Rush James R-NY voted no
Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY voted no
Abraham X. Parker R-NY voted no
George Washington Ray R-NY voted no
Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY voted no
Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY voted no
Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY voted no
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
Henry Lee Morey R-OH voted no
James Sidney Robinson R-OH voted no
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted no
Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
James Bowen Everhart R-PA voted no
Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
William Mutchler D-PA voted no
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA voted no
Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA voted no
William Wallace Brown R-PA voted no
Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted no
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
John Denniston Patton D-PA voted no
Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted no
Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA voted no
Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT 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 S. 1038 (p. 466-2): House Vote, Jan 17, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-H-9/to-pass-s-1038-p-466-2 (accessed 2026-10-15).