To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 3983, a bill promoting the efficiency of the revenue marine service. (p. 5100)

On Jun 19, 1882, the House voted 68–95 (HR 3983). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 50–38, Democrats 15–53, Others 2–4, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 53 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: 68
No: 95
Did not vote: 142
Date: Jun 19, 1882

By party

Democrats15 yes · 53 no · 68 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 4 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans50 yes · 38 no · 67 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Starke Rosecrans D-CA voted yes
Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted no
William George Thompson R-IA voted no
Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA voted no
Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA voted no
William Cullen R-IL voted no
Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN voted no
Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
Eben Francis Stone R-MA voted no
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD voted yes
Milton George Urner R-MD voted no
Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
Edwin Willits R-MI voted no
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
John Tyler Rich R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
Clement Dowd D-NC voted yes
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted yes
Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted yes
Waldo Hutchins D-NY voted yes
Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted no
Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Thomas Lowry Young R-OH voted no
Henry Lee Morey R-OH voted no
James Monroe Ritchie R-OH voted no
Rufus Dawes R-OH voted no
Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted yes
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA voted no
Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted no
George Tankard Garrison D-VA voted yes
John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA voted yes
Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT voted no
Lucien Bonaparte Caswell 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 suspend the rules and pass H.R. 3983, a…: House Vote, Jun 19, 1882,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/47-H-197/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-3983 (accessed 2026-10-17).