To recede from disagreement to the Senate amendment to H.R. 6243, providing that an audit board shall determine claims and allowances incidental to the illness

On Jul 21, 1882, the House voted 60–99 (HR 6243). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 50–41, Democrats 7–55, Others 2–3, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 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: 60
No: 99
Did not vote: 146
Date: Jul 21, 1882

By party

Democrats7 yes · 55 no · 74 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans50 yes · 41 no · 64 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Calvin Oates D-AL voted yes
Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted yes
Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR voted yes
John Ransom Buck R-CT voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA voted no
William Cullen R-IL voted no
Lewis Edwin Payson 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
Mark Lindsey De Motte 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
John Daugherty White R-KY voted no
Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD voted yes
Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
Edwin Willits R-MI voted no
Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI voted no
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
John Tyler Rich R-MI voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
George West R-NY voted no
Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY voted no
Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
David Plunket Richardson R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Henry Lee Morey R-OH voted no
Emanuel Shultz R-OH voted no
James Monroe Ritchie R-OH voted no
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
Rufus Dawes R-OH voted no
Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted no
Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted no
William Godshalk R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA voted no
Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA voted no
Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted no
Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted no
Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted no
Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX voted yes
John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA 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 recede from disagreement to the Senate…: House Vote, Jul 21, 1882,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/47-H-227/to-recede-from-disagreement-to-the-senate-amendment-to (accessed 2026-10-17).