To table the resolution providing for adjournment of Congress from december 22, 1882 to january 3, 1883, and the pending amendment providing for adjournment fro

On Dec 18, 1882, the House voted 93–131. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 71–46, Democrats 19–77, Others 3–7, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 65 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: 93
No: 131
Did not vote: 81
Date: Dec 18, 1882

By party

Democrats19 yes · 77 no · 40 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 7 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans71 yes · 46 no · 38 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Thomas Williams D-AL voted yes
William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR voted yes
Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
Campbell Polson Berry D-CA voted yes
Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL voted no
Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA voted no
John Crocker Sherwin R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
James Washington Singleton D-IL voted yes
Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted yes
Oscar Turner D-KY voted yes
John William Caldwell D-KY voted yes
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted yes
Milton George Urner R-MD voted no
Edwin Willits R-MI voted no
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
George Washington Webber R-MI voted no
Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
James Henry Mclean R-MO voted no
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
William Henry Hatch D-MO voted yes
Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted yes
Orlando Hubbs R-NC voted no
Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE voted no
Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Phineas Jones R-NJ voted no
Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Lewis Beach D-NY voted yes
John Hammond R-NY voted no
Abraham X. Parker R-NY voted no
Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted no
James Monroe Ritchie R-OH voted no
Rufus Dawes R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
William Ward R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
Robert Klotz D-PA voted yes
Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA voted no
Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA voted no
Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA voted no
Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC voted no
Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN voted no
Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted no
Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN voted yes
John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA voted no
James Manning Tyler R-VT voted no
Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted no
Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI voted no
Thaddeus Coleman Pound 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 table the resolution providing for…: House Vote, Dec 18, 1882,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/47-H-259/to-table-the-resolution-providing-for-adjournment-of-congress (accessed 2026-10-17).