House roll call 316 · 48th Congress · Mar 2, 1885
To concur in a Senate amendment to H.R. 8239 reducing limit of repairs to wooden warships from 30% to 20% of their estimated cost when new. (p. 2399)
On Mar 2, 1885, the House voted 116–151 (HR 8239). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–146, Republicans 88–3, Others 6–2, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 116
- No
- 151
- Did not vote
- 72
- Date
- Mar 2, 1885
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 146 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Republicans88 yes · 3 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted yes
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL voted yes
- James Milton Riggs D-IL voted yes
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS voted yes
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted yes
- John Joseph Adams D-NY voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Edward Wemple D-NY voted yes
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- George Adams Post D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA voted yes
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
- John Hancock D-TX voted yes
- John Winans D-WI voted yes
- Burr W. Jones D-WI voted yes
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Henry Craig R-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- James Wilson R-IA
- Hiram Ypsilanti Smith R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Adoniram Judson Holmes R-IA
- Ransom Williams Dunham R-IL
- John Frederick Finerty O-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Reuben Ellwood R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington D-IL
- James Milton Riggs D-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- 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
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Robert Thompson Davis R-MA
- John Davis Long R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Theodore Lyman O-MA
- William Whiting R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Van Lear Findlay D-MD
- Hart Benton Holton R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Herschel Harrison Hatch R-MI
- Edward Breitung R-MI
- James Beach Wakefield R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Elza Jeffords R-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Ethelbert Barksdale D-MS
- James Edward O'Hara R-NC
- Tyre York O-NC
- Archibald Jerard Weaver R-NE
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- John Joseph Adams D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Henry Gordon Burleigh R-NY
- Frederick Avery Johnson R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Edward Wemple D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Stephen Columbus Millard R-NY
- John Arnot Jr. D-NY
- Francis Beattie Brewer R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Watts Mccormick R-OH
- Alphonso Hart R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Bowen Everhart R-PA
- Isaac Newton Evans R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- George Adams Post D-PA
- William Wallace Brown R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Thomas Peck Ochiltree I-TX
- John Hancock D-TX
- Harry Libbey O-VA
- Henry Bowen O-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- John Winans D-WI
- Burr W. Jones D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Gilbert Motier Woodward D-WI
- William Thompson Price R-WI
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- James Herbert Budd D-CA
- Barclay Henley D-CA
- Pleasant Britton Tully D-CA
- Charles Allen Sumner D-CA
- John Raglan Glascock D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D-CT
- Edward Woodruff Seymour D-CT
- Charles Brown Lore D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- John Calhoun Nicholls D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- Thomas Hardeman Jr. D-GA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy D-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- William Eastin English D-IN
- Thomas Bayless Ward D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN
- Robert Lowry D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively O-IN
- Oscar Turner O-KY
- James Franklin Clay D-KY
- John Edward Halsell D-KY
- Thomas Austin Robertson D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Frank Lane Wolford D-KY
- Carleton Hunt D-LA
- Edward Taylor Lewis D-LA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- William Cotter Maybury D-MI
- Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D-MI
- George Lewis Yaple D-MI
- Julius Houseman D-MI
- Edwin Baruch Winans D-MI
- Ezra Child Carleton D-MI
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Armstead Milton Alexander D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- James Nelson Burnes D-MO
- Alexander Graves D-MO
- John Cosgrove D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- James Overton Broadhead D-MO
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Smith Van Eaton D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-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
- Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ
- William Henry Frederick Fiedler D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Nicholas Muller D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- William Dorsheimer D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Orlando Brunson Potter D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY
- John Thomas Spriggs D-NY
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D-NY
- Robert Smith Stevens D-NY
- William Findlay Rogers D-NY
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fassett Follett D-OH
- Isaac M. Jordan D-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- William David Hill D-OH
- Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH
- Jonathan Hasson Wallace D-OH
- David Raymond Paige D-OH
- Martin Ambrose Foran D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- John Brutzman Storm D-PA
- Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA
- John Augustus Swope D-PA
- Charles Edmund Boyle D-PA
- James Herron Hopkins D-PA
- John Denniston Patton D-PA
- Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D-PA
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- 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
- James Francis Miller D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- Eustace Gibson D-WV
Did not vote
- James Taylor Jones D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Luman Hamlin Weller O-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- William Henry Neece D-IL
- Aaron Shaw D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Jay Kleiner D-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- John Edward Lamb D-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Patrick Andrew Collins D-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Milo White R-MN
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers I-MS
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- James Laird R-NE
- Martin Alonzo Haynes R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- William Walter Phelps R-NJ
- Darwin Rush James R-NY
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Newton Wright Nutting R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Robert Maynard Murray D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Edwin Campbell D-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Beriah Wilkins D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Addison Duncan D-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- John Bratton D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- James Webb Throckmorton D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Robert Murphy Mayo O-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Benjamin Stephen Hooper O-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Sergeant Wise O-VA
- Daniel Hadley Sumner D-WI
- Joseph Rankin D-WI
- Nathan Goff R-WV
- Charles Philip Snyder D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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