To adjourn and thereby prevent consideration of the resolution fixing the time of recess from 5 to 7--30 p. M. Each friday, so that bills on the private calenda

On Feb 18, 1884, the House voted 56–135. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–112, Republicans 52–20, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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: 56
No: 135
Did not vote: 148
Date: Feb 18, 1884

By party

Democrats3 yes · 112 no · 86 didn’t vote
Republicans52 yes · 20 no · 52 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN voted no
George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
John Daugherty White R-KY voted no
Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted yes
Eben Francis Stone R-MA voted no
Hart Benton Holton R-MD voted no
Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME voted no
William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted yes
Elza Jeffords R-MS voted no
James Edward O'Hara R-NC voted no
Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
James Laird R-NE voted no
Henry Lee Morey R-OH voted no
Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
Melvin Clark George R-OR voted no
Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted no
Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN 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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