House roll call 202 · 47th Congress · Jun 27, 1882
To pass H.R. 5538, a bill reducing the internal revenue taxation. (p. 5422-1)
On Jun 27, 1882, the House voted 127–79 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 105–12, Democrats 23–67, Others 1–5, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 127
- No
- 79
- Did not vote
- 91
- Date
- Jun 27, 1882
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 67 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans105 yes · 12 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA voted no
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted yes
- John Daugherty White R-KY voted no
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- George Washington Covington D-MD voted yes
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD voted yes
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted yes
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO voted yes
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC voted yes
- Clement Dowd D-NC voted yes
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted yes
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted yes
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY voted yes
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY voted yes
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH voted no
- John Birchard Rice R-OH voted no
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA voted no
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI voted no
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- John Henry Lewis R-IL
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Henry William Lord R-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- George Washington Webber R-MI
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding R-MI
- John Tyler Rich R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Emanuel Shultz R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- William Robert Moore R-TN
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison 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
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Ira Sherwin Haseltine O-MO
- Theron Moses Rice O-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH
- John Birchard Rice R-OH
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Abram Fulkerson O-VA
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- George Robison Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Charles Taylor Doxey R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Joseph Henry Burrows O-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Rufus Dawes R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Paul O-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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