House roll call 26 · 47th Congress · Feb 7, 1882
To take up for consideration H.R. 3550 (22-stat-5, 2/25/82), a bill apportioning the representatives in Congress among the several states under the tenth census
On Feb 7, 1882, the House voted 163–63 (HR 3550). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 98–14, Democrats 56–45, Others 8–4, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 59 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
- 163
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 79
- Date
- Feb 7, 1882
By party
- Democrats56 yes · 45 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans98 yes · 14 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted no
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted no
- Thomas Williams D-AL voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA voted no
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA voted no
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA voted no
- John Ransom Buck R-CT voted no
- James Phelps D-CT voted no
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE voted no
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL voted no
- George Robison Black D-GA voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Philip Cook D-GA voted no
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA voted no
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
- James Washington Singleton D-IL voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted no
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted no
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted no
- John Daugherty White R-KY voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD voted no
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted no
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted no
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ voted no
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted no
- John Peter Leedom D-OH voted no
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
- Gibson Atherton D-OH voted no
- Melvin Clark George R-OR voted no
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI voted no
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC voted no
- Samuel Dibble D-SC voted no
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted no
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA voted no
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA voted no
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson 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
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- John Henry Lewis R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-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
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. 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
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Henry William Lord R-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey 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
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Ira Sherwin Haseltine O-MO
- Joseph Henry Burrows O-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- 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
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight 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
- Emanuel Shultz R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Rufus Dawes R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- William Robert Moore R-TN
- 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
- John Paul O-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Abram Fulkerson O-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- George Robison Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- James Washington Singleton 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
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Theron Moses Rice O-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Charles Taylor Doxey R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- John Birchard Rice R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To take up for consideration H.R. 3550…: House Vote, Feb 7, 1882,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/47-H-26/to-take-up-for-consideration-h-r-3550-22 (accessed 2026-10-17).