House roll call 246 · 47th Congress · Aug 2, 1882
To adopt h.j.r. 281, a resolution authorizing the house clerk to immediately pay out of treasury funds one month's extra pay to all capitol police on the roll j
On Aug 2, 1882, the House voted 91–57 (HJR 281). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 66–6, Democrats 22–48, Others 2–3, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 91
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 157
- Date
- Aug 2, 1882
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 48 no · 66 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans66 yes · 6 no · 83 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
- John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
- John Henry Lewis R-IL voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted yes
- John Floyd King D-LA voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD voted yes
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted yes
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD voted yes
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted yes
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted yes
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- John Hardy D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
- John Peter Leedom D-OH voted yes
- Rufus Dawes R-OH voted no
- Robert Klotz D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA voted yes
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted yes
- John Blair Hoge D-WV voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R-IN
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- John Wilson Candler 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
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell 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
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Emanuel Shultz R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH
- John Peter Leedom D-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
- William Ward R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-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
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- 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
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Ira Sherwin Haseltine O-MO
- Theron Moses Rice O-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton 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
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Rufus Dawes R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout 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
- Washington Curran Whitthorne 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
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
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-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
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA
- 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
- 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
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard 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
- William Whitney Rice 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
- John Tyler Rich 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
- Aylett Hawes Buckner 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
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Benjamin Wood 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
- Frank Hiscock 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
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- William Mutchler D-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
- 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 Paul O-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Abram Fulkerson O-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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