House roll call 206 · 48th Congress · Dec 17, 1884
To amend an amendment to H.R. 5461, said amendment providing that the railroad company may classify its passengers, by adding thereto, that there be no discrimi
On Dec 17, 1884, the House voted 141–102 (HR 5461). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 43–102, Republicans 94–0, Others 4–1, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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
- 141
- No
- 102
- Did not vote
- 94
- Date
- Dec 17, 1884
By party
- Democrats43 yes · 102 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Republicans94 yes · 0 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT voted yes
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted yes
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA voted yes
- William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN voted yes
- Robert Lowry D-IN voted yes
- Carleton Hunt D-LA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted yes
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD voted yes
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted yes
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI voted yes
- Julius Houseman D-MI voted yes
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted yes
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI voted yes
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY voted yes
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted yes
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY voted yes
- Edward Wemple D-NY voted yes
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY voted yes
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY voted yes
- John Fassett Follett D-OH voted yes
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH voted yes
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted yes
- William David Hill D-OH voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted yes
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted yes
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH voted yes
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH voted yes
- George Adams Post D-PA voted yes
- Burr W. Jones D-WI voted yes
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-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
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge 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
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt 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
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- 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
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- 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
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner 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
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- 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
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- John Winans D-WI
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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