To table a motion to reconsider the vote by which the call of the house was ordered, made during debate on the contested election case of benjamin frederick VS.

On Mar 2, 1885, the House voted 138–69. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 130–1, Republicans 5–66, Others 3–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 6 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: 138
No: 69
Did not vote: 132
Date: Mar 2, 1885

By party

Democrats130 yes · 1 no · 70 didn’t vote
Republicans5 yes · 66 no · 53 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
James Burns Belford R-CO voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted yes
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted yes
Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN voted yes

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 table a motion to reconsider the vote by…: House Vote, Mar 2, 1885,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-H-323/to-table-a-motion-to-reconsider-the-vote-by (accessed 2026-10-17).