To amend H.R. 5461 by providing that no cause brought under this act in any state court of competent jurisdiction shall be removed to any United States court.

On Jan 7, 1885, the House voted 125–88 (HR 5461). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 120–12, Republicans 6–71, Others 2–6. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 18 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: 125
No: 88
Did not vote: 122
Date: Jan 7, 1885

By party

Democrats120 yes · 12 no · 69 didn’t vote
Republicans6 yes · 71 no · 47 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 6 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT voted no
Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted no
James Wilson R-IA voted yes
Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted yes
John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
William Wirt Culbertson R-KY voted yes
Carleton Hunt D-LA voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted no
Milo White R-MN voted yes
John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted no
Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted yes
Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY voted no
Robert Smith Stevens D-NY voted no
William Mutchler D-PA voted no
Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA voted no
Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA voted no
Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI 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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