To order a call of the house to determine if a quorum is present. (p. 2527)

On Mar 3, 1885, the House voted 53–141. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–110, Republicans 35–29, Others 4–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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: 53
No: 141
Did not vote: 145
Date: Mar 3, 1885

By party

Democrats14 yes · 110 no · 77 didn’t vote
Republicans35 yes · 29 no · 60 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Herbert Budd D-CA voted yes
William Henry Mills Pusey D-IA voted yes
George Everett Adams R-IL voted no
Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
William Cullen R-IL voted no
Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Thomas Jefferson Wood D-IN voted yes
Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted no
Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted yes
Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted no
Henry Bacon Lovering D-MA voted yes
Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI voted no
Milo White R-MN voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted yes
Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted yes
Elza Jeffords R-MS voted no
Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC voted yes
James Edward O'Hara R-NC voted no
Ossian Ray R-NH voted no
Thomas Merrill Ferrell D-NJ voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Howey R-NJ voted no
William Walter Phelps R-NJ voted no
John Joseph Adams D-NY voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne D-NY voted yes
Newton Wright Nutting R-NY voted no
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
Isaac Newton Evans R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
Daniel Ward Connolly D-PA voted yes
William Wallace Brown R-PA voted no
John Augustus Swope D-PA voted yes
James Herron Hopkins D-PA voted yes
George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted no
Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted no
Samuel Myron Brainerd R-PA voted no
John Wolcott Stewart R-VT voted no
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
William Thompson Price R-WI 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 order a call of the house to determine if…: House Vote, Mar 3, 1885,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-H-329/to-order-a-call-of-the-house-to-determine (accessed 2026-10-17).