House roll call 305 · 48th Congress · Feb 25, 1885
To adjourn, made during debate on H.R. 8130. (p. 2159)
On Feb 25, 1885, the House voted 70–175 (HR 8130). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–141, Republicans 60–30, Others 0–4, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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
- 70
- No
- 175
- Did not vote
- 92
- Date
- Feb 25, 1885
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 141 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Republicans60 yes · 30 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
- George Henry Craig R-AL voted no
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted no
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA voted yes
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL voted no
- John Robert Thomas R-IL voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted no
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY voted no
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA voted yes
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA voted no
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI voted no
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI voted yes
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI voted no
- Edward Breitung R-MI voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO voted yes
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC voted no
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE voted no
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE voted no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY voted no
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY voted no
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY voted no
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH voted yes
- Melvin Clark George R-OR voted no
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA voted no
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA voted no
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- John Winans D-WI voted yes
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI voted yes
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
- Richard William Guenther R-WI voted no
- Nathan Goff R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- James Wilson R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-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
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Lewis Hanback R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Milo White R-MN
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- John Winans D-WI
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- 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
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- William Wirt Culbertson R-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Wharton Jackson Green D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- James Wesley Reid D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Risden Tyler Bennett D-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- 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
- Hiram Casey Young D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- James Henry Jones D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-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
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- 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
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Edmund Needham Morrill 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
- Leopold Morse D-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
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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