House roll call 299 · 48th Congress · Feb 23, 1885
To concur in an amendment as made in committee of the whole on the state of the union, to H.R. 8239 (23 stat 426-mar. 03, 1885), a bill making appropriations fo
On Feb 23, 1885, the House voted 111–100 (HR 8239). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 31–96, Republicans 79–1, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 111
- No
- 100
- Did not vote
- 128
- Date
- Feb 23, 1885
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 96 no · 74 didn’t vote
- Republicans79 yes · 1 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted yes
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Barclay Henley D-CA voted yes
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT voted yes
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY voted yes
- Carleton Hunt D-LA voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- John Floyd King D-LA voted yes
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD voted yes
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted yes
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI voted yes
- Julius Houseman D-MI voted yes
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI voted yes
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO voted yes
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO voted yes
- William Mcadoo D-NJ voted yes
- William Dorsheimer D-NY voted yes
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY voted yes
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY voted yes
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- George William Dargan D-SC voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN voted yes
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN voted yes
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted yes
- Eustace Gibson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- James Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- 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
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell D-TN
- John Goff Ballentine D-TN
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- 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
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John May Taylor D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John Winans D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Other votes
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