To adjourn the house. (p. 740-741)

On Jan 15, 1885, the House voted 130–112. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 118–29, Republicans 6–79, Others 5–4, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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: 130
No: 112
Did not vote: 97
Date: Jan 15, 1885

By party

Democrats118 yes · 29 no · 54 didn’t vote
Republicans6 yes · 79 no · 39 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted no
Charles Brown Lore D-DE voted no
Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted no
John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS voted yes
William Wirt Culbertson R-KY voted yes
Carleton Hunt D-LA voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted no
Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted no
Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted no
William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
John Hardy D-NY voted no
Lewis Beach D-NY voted no
Robert Smith Stevens D-NY voted no
Robert Maynard Murray D-OH voted no
John Watts Mccormick R-OH voted yes
George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted no
Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted yes
Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted no
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
George Adams Post D-PA voted no
John Augustus Swope D-PA voted no
Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA voted no
James Herron Hopkins D-PA voted no
Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted no
William Thompson Price R-WI 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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