House roll call 223 · 48th Congress · Jan 8, 1885
To agree to an amendment H.R. 5461 authorizing the President, with Senate approval, to appoint three commissioners, not more than two of whom shall belong to TH
On Jan 8, 1885, the House voted 97–125 (HR 5461). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–113, Republicans 70–10, Others 4–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 97
- No
- 125
- Did not vote
- 116
- Date
- Jan 8, 1885
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 113 no · 65 didn’t vote
- Republicans70 yes · 10 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Herbert Budd D-CA voted yes
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT voted yes
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted yes
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted yes
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted yes
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA voted yes
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted yes
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS voted yes
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
- John Joseph Adams D-NY voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY voted yes
- Edward Wemple D-NY voted yes
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY voted no
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY voted yes
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY voted yes
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted no
- George Adams Post D-PA voted yes
- John Augustus Swope D-PA voted yes
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- John Winans D-WI voted yes
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
- Joseph Rankin D-WI voted yes
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted yes
- Nathan Goff R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- 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
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Winans D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
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
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- 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
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- 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
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken 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
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton 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 Tankard Garrison D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- 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
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-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
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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