To pass H.R. 6242 (22-stat-191, 8/2/82), the rivers and harbors appropriation bill. (p. 5065-1)

On Jun 17, 1882, the House voted 120–47 (HR 6242). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 72–30, Democrats 48–27, Others 7–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 57 members voted against their own party.

During the 47th Congress (1881–1882), Chester A. Arthur was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 120
No: 47
Did not vote: 121
Date: Jun 17, 1882

By party

Democrats48 yes · 27 no · 61 didn’t vote
Others7 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Republicans72 yes · 30 no · 53 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Frederick Miles R-CT voted no
Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
Hugh Buchanan D-GA voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted no
William George Thompson R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
William Aldrich R-IL voted no
Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL voted no
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
William Heilman R-IN voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN voted no
George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
Oscar Turner D-KY voted no
James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted no
John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
Waldo Hutchins D-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY voted no
Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
William Godshalk R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
William Mutchler D-PA voted no
Robert Klotz D-PA voted no
Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA voted no
Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA voted no
Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted no
Richard Warner D-TN voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT voted no
James Manning Tyler R-VT voted no
Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
Benjamin Wilson D-WV 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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