To amend H.R. 5461 by providing that use of separate and equal facilities shall not be related to race and color.

On Dec 18, 1884, the House voted 114–121 (HR 5461). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–120, Republicans 93–0, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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: 114
No: 121
Did not vote: 102
Date: Dec 18, 1884

By party

Democrats19 yes · 120 no · 62 didn’t vote
Republicans93 yes · 0 no · 31 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted yes
William Eastin English D-IN voted yes
John Edward Lamb D-IN voted yes
Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN voted yes
Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
George Lewis Yaple D-MI voted yes
Julius Houseman D-MI voted yes
Felix Campbell D-NY voted yes
John Joseph Adams 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
Robert Smith Stevens D-NY voted yes
Isaac M. Jordan D-OH voted yes
Robert Maynard Murray D-OH voted yes
George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted yes
George Adams Post D-PA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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