House roll call 130 · 48th Congress · Jun 17, 1884
To amend H.R. 5442, a bill supplementary to an act entitled "an act to amend an act entitled an act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line
On Jun 17, 1884, the House voted 99–81 (HR 5442). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 38–73, Republicans 57–7, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 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
- 99
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 159
- Date
- Jun 17, 1884
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 73 no · 90 didn’t vote
- Republicans57 yes · 7 no · 60 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Williams D-AL voted yes
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted yes
- James Herbert Budd D-CA voted yes
- Barclay Henley D-CA voted yes
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA voted yes
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA voted yes
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted yes
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted yes
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA voted yes
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA voted yes
- George Everett Adams R-IL voted no
- William Henry Neece D-IL voted yes
- James Milton Riggs D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted yes
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN voted yes
- Robert Lowry D-IN voted yes
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- Julius Houseman D-MI voted yes
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted yes
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO voted yes
- John Cosgrove D-MO voted yes
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted yes
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY voted no
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted yes
- David Raymond Paige D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA voted no
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA voted yes
- Burr W. Jones D-WI voted yes
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-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
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- William Mutchler D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell 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
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-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
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-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
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 5442, a bill supplementary to…: House Vote, Jun 17, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-H-130/to-amend-h-r-5442-a-bill-supplementary-to (accessed 2026-10-17).