House roll call 245 · 47th Congress · Aug 2, 1882
To recommit h.j.r. 281, a resolution paying the capitol police one month's extra pay, to the committee on accounts. (p. 6810-2)
On Aug 2, 1882, the House voted 66–81 (HJR 281). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–62, Democrats 50–18, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 66
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 158
- Date
- Aug 2, 1882
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 18 no · 68 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 62 no · 81 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
- James Phelps D-CT voted no
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted yes
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted yes
- William Cullen R-IL voted yes
- John Henry Lewis R-IL voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD voted no
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted no
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD voted no
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted no
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- John Hardy D-NY voted no
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH voted yes
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted yes
- Rufus Dawes R-OH voted yes
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted no
- Robert Klotz D-PA voted no
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Cullen R-IL
- John Henry Lewis R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Ira Sherwin Haseltine O-MO
- Theron Moses Rice O-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Rufus Dawes R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Abram Fulkerson O-VA
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R-IN
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Andrew Grant Chapman 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
- John Tyler Rich R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Emanuel Shultz R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- John Birchard Rice R-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
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-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
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- George Robison Black D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Charles Taylor Doxey R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Joseph Henry Burrows O-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- William Robert Moore R-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Paul O-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To recommit h.j.r. 281, a resolution paying…: House Vote, Aug 2, 1882,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/47-H-245/to-recommit-h-j-r-281-a-resolution-paying (accessed 2026-10-14).