To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1339 (23 stat 305-feb. 14, 1885), a bill increasing the appropriation for the erection of a public building at pittsbutgh, pa

On Feb 2, 1885, the House voted 162–79 (HR 1339). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 75–73, Republicans 86–3, Others 2–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 76 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: 162
No: 79
Did not vote: 96
Date: Feb 2, 1885

By party

Democrats75 yes · 73 no · 53 didn’t vote
Republicans86 yes · 3 no · 35 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Taylor Jones D-AL voted no
William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
Thomas Williams D-AL voted no
William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
John Henry Rogers D-AR voted no
Samuel West Peel D-AR voted no
Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA voted no
William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted no
Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA voted no
Hugh Buchanan D-GA voted no
Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted no
Allen Daniel Candler D-GA voted no
William Henry Neece D-IL voted no
Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL voted no
Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
John Jay Kleiner D-IN voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted no
William Eastin English D-IN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN voted no
John Edward Halsell D-KY voted no
Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY voted no
Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted no
Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted no
Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA voted no
George Washington Covington D-MD voted no
Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD voted no
Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted no
Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI voted no
George Lewis Yaple D-MI voted no
Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted no
Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO voted no
John Cosgrove D-MO voted no
Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS voted no
Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted no
Wharton Jackson Green D-NC voted no
William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted no
Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
William Dorsheimer D-NY voted no
John Hardy D-NY voted no
Lewis Beach D-NY voted no
Newton Wright Nutting R-NY voted no
Robert Smith Stevens D-NY voted no
Robert Maynard Murray D-OH voted no
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
George Ebbert Seney D-OH voted no
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
Beriah Wilkins D-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
John Brutzman Storm D-PA voted no
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
John Bratton D-SC voted no
George William Dargan D-SC voted no
Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
Richard Warner D-TN voted no
Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN voted no
John Goff Ballentine D-TN voted no
John May Taylor D-TN voted no
Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
James Francis Miller D-TX voted no
Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX voted no
George Craighead Cabell D-VA voted no
Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA voted no
John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA voted no
Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI voted no
Burr W. Jones D-WI voted no
Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
Eustace Gibson D-WV 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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1339 (23…: House Vote, Feb 2, 1885,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-H-260/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-1339 (accessed 2026-10-17).